Tension mounts as gang leader Keane released from jail

THE leader of one of Limerick’s notorious criminal gangs will walk free from prison this morning, a move likely to raise tensions among the feuding criminal factions in the city.

Christy Keane, who was jailed for 10 years in 2001 after he was caught with a sizeable amount of cannabis in the St Mary’s Park area, will be released from the Midlands Prison, just weeks after his son, Liam, received a 10-year prison sentence for weapons offences.

It is understood news of his imminent release has already prompted some residents in Lynwood Park, Singland in Limerick, to move out of the area, while local councillors have appealed for calm.