Let-up in fight against gangs could see Limerick ‘back to the bad old days’

Limerick’s gangland problem is in danger of re-igniting, Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Niall Collins warned yesterday.

“Limerick has a systemic problem in relation to gangland activity,” he said, pressing for the city to be “a special when it comes to the retention of specialist garda resources”.

“There are links with the criminal underworld in Dublin and given the links that have existed over the years, you can’t allow a situation to develop in Limerick where An Garda Síochána are going to have potentially a diminution in their support and in their resources to deal with the situation.”