Regeneration agencies open for business

ON the first anniversary of a firebomb attack in Limerick, which left a young brother and sister badly injured, two regeneration agencies set up in the wake of the horrific incident will open their doors for the first time today.

Millie Murray, 6, and her brother Gavin, 4, sustained extensive burn injuries when a firebomb was thrown into the car in which they were sitting in Moyross in September 2006. Two 17-year-olds later pleaded guilty to their role in the arson attack.

The incident caused uproar nationwide and as a result the Government commissioned former Dublin city manager John Fitzgerald to report on how to tackle the economic and social problems in Moyross.