Residents flee home after criminal family launches gun attack

MEMBERS of a known violent criminal family suspected of being involved in the murder of Jeffrey Hannan, 19, last Thursday attacked a law-abiding family in Southill on Monday, forcing them to move out.

Members of the feared Limerick family fired shots into a house at 6.30am on Monday after the house owner prevented them carrying out a burglary hours earlier.

The family that was targeted is one of the most respected in Southill where they have lived for 34 years.