Firebomb victims will not return to estate

AS work commenced yesterday on the first houses to be built under Limerick’s troubled regeneration programme, the mother who was at the centre of a firebomb outrage which forced government action in Limerick’s crime black spots, welcomed the new beginning.

Shiela Murray’s children, Millie 11, and Gavin 8, received horrific burns when a firebomb was flung into the family car in September 2006.

Mother of eight Sheila said yesterday: “It’s about time work on new houses began. It has taken long enough for them to start building. I am very happy for the elderly people who will be given apartments in the new development.”