Car bomb man was 'involved in Limerick feud'

A man who pleaded guilty to having a car bomb is involved in an ongoing Limerick feud which has already claimed six lives, a court has heard.

Michael Scanlon (aged 31), St Mary’s Terrace, Askeaton, Co Limerick, pleaded guilty to possession of an explosive device, possession of detonating chord, possession of a Sterling submachine gun and possession of 294 rounds of ammunition, at Loughmore Mungret on June 3 2003.