{"id":423247,"date":"2026-04-29T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423247\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:25:10","slug":"gardai-investigating-possible-feud-link-to-latest-limerick-city-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423247\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed investigating possible feud link to latest Limerick city shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed are investigating a gun attack at a house located on the south side of Limerick city.<\/p>\n<p>Shots were fired at a residential property after 5am on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured in the gun attack, which is the latest in a string of shootings in the area over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>A Garda spokeswoman said: \u201cGarda\u00ed attended the scene following report of an incident involving the discharge of a firearm, at a residential location in the Ballinacurra area, Limerick city, this morning, Wednesday 29th April 2026 at approximately 5:30am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo injuries have been reported at this time. Investigations are ongoing,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The gun attack is one of a string of violent attacks in the same community in recent weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/tributes-paid-to-man-who-died-in-workplace-accident-in-co-limerick-1892723.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/tributes-paid-to-man-who-died-in-workplace-accident-in-co-limerick-1892723.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cc-north-inner-city-plan-38-e1694440203672.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Tributes Paid To Man Who Died In Workplace Accident In Co Limerick\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Tributes paid to man who died in workplace accident in Co Limerick<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several farda investigations are continuing into drive-by shootings, and pipebomb attacks in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday afternoon, a male was injured and treated in hospital following a hatchet\/slash hook attack at Hyde Road.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear at this stage if Wednesday morning\u2019s shooting is linked to the other recent violence in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed are investigating if this shooting is linked to ongoing feuding between rival families and organised crime groups based on the southside of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are investigating a gun attack at a house located on the south side of Limerick city. Shots&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-423247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}