Pipebomb attached to family car in drugs feud

A woman going shopping last night spotted what turned out to be a pipebomb attached to her family car in Limerick in what is believed to be an escalation of a drugs feud.

Pipebomb attached to family car in drugs feud

The alert began just after 8pm last night at Cullenagh on the Abbeyfeale road, Newcastlewest, when the device was spotted by the woman. About 30 families had to be evacuated.

Gardaí cordoned off the area and the army bomb squad was called in.

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