Fall in Limerick shootings ‘positive’

A MAJOR drop in shootings in Limerick during the third quarter of this year was yesterday described as a “very positive” sign.

Chief Superintendent David Sheahan, who heads the city’s garda division, said that in the period July to September there was one shooting incident compared to six for the same period in 2009.

He told the Limerick City Joint Policing Committee that the decline was very significant.