murder capital of western europe now for many years
just ahead of glasgow ( not unfamiliar wit irish gangsters)
pop only 70000 in de city wit 50000 in suburbs
currently in a long running feud which jus claimed another victim today
in the most dramatic of hits where de guy on a bike(who i know) was chased thru the city by a carload of gangsters at 11 dis morn only to be ambushed by another car who pulled into his path causing him to crash where the gunman was waiting in broad daylight


the gangs have become more inventive in der in both limerick and dublin due to massive crackdowns by de Gardai (cops)
limerick and west dublin have been more akin to belfast in the recent past in recent periods of time

i know Guiliani said that de Westies were 1 of the most violent gangs new york had ever seen but dese limerick gangsters are family based strongly and victory can only be acheived by wiping out entire families ( which happened to a branch of de mccarthys in the 90s)

scorcese who has family in limerick should trake a look across de pond
only he can shed much needed light on my home

Welcome to the forum Weenz! Feel free to post any articles you find regarding Limerick! I started a thread before about Limerick but it's hard to find many of these local stories on the web!

Thanks
IrishHood

Here's the link to a previous thread about Limerick on this site:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/402609/thread/1115895971/last-1115896114/Limerick-+Ireland

heres other links concernin de latest killing

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1820993&issue_id=15563

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1821112&issue_id=15563

not sure if you can view those articles
i think u must first log on to de irish independent
but i tried plus is der a knack to creating a link? please let me no

not surprised dat de articles r hard to come by
outside ireland dat side of limerick is more or less a secret
even wen two toddlers were horrifically burned and scarred for life in a petrol bomb attack last year
another 4 year old girl died 3 years back in another petrol bomb attack
5 year old shot in de leg limerick last yr during a intended hit on his uncle
dats de lest glamourous side to gangland

limerick despite its economic wealth shared wit de rest of ireland has some of de worst ghettoes in europe
dese are

southhill
weston
moyross
ballananty
the island field ( giant mural of tupac on community centre wall in an 100% white irish neighbourhood, figure dat 1 out)