Fresh feud fears in Limerick

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday April 07, 2003 19:01 by Ailin

Another vicious feud is breaking out in Limerick and people are going to be killed unless action is taken now to prevent any escalation, the local branch of Republican Sinn Féin said today.

RSF community affairs spokesman Seán O'Neill from Rosbrien said that the developing feud has its origins in a gun attack on a house in Garryglass Avenue in Ballinacurra Weston but the police denied that shots had been fired.

"Then on Sunday morning a man was thrown out of a car at the Hyde Road and Lenihan Avenue junction after being badly beaten by a gang of men.

"He was unconscious when he was dumped from the car," said Mr. O'Neill. "However even more alarming was the petrol bomb attack on the house in Lenihan Avenue - a mother and two young children, one only a few months hold, had a narrow escape from death. The basis of a new feud is now laid but it must be stopped before anyone is killed.

"This type of activity is giving Limerick a notorious name in the national media and it serves no purpose but to paint Limerick as a city out of control where the ordinary rules of civilised behaviour have been abandoned.

"Of course this is not true - and these awful feuds are confined to a few families involved in violent activities. It is time the police took up the challenge of this outrageous lawlessness and tackled the gangs in Limerick.

"The police cannot continue to deny that these incidents are taking place- we are now appealing for all those involved in such activity to cease and allow people to go about their lives in peace."