{"id":56337,"date":"2025-10-02T03:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/56337\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:07:09","slug":"breaking-three-men-arrested-over-gun-attack-in-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/56337\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Three men arrested over gun attack in Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"

THREE men are in garda custody this Wednesday night in connection with a shooting on the outskirts of Rathkeale<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

A garda spokesperson said garda\u00ed are continuing to investigate a violent incident that occurred in the townland of Kilcoole, near Rathkeale, on Thursday evening, August 21.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShortly after 6.30pm, garda\u00ed and emergency services responded to reports of a vehicle being rammed and an altercation in the area. During the incident, a firearm was discharged,\u201d said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n

A man, aged in his 40s, sustained injuries and was treated at University Hospital Limerick before being transferred to Cork University Hospital.<\/p>\n

As part of this investigation, garda\u00ed attached to the Crime Functional Area, Limerick conducted a planned operation in the Rathkeale area early this Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this operation, three individuals were arrested. All three are male, aged in their mid teens, 20s and 40s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 at Garda Stations in County Limerick,\u201d said the garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed are continuing to appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the incident on August 21 to come forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoad users with camera footage (including dash-cam) who were travelling in the Kilcoole and greater Rathkeale areas between 6.15pm and 7.30pm on Thursday, August 21 are asked to make this footage available to investigating garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone with information is asked to contact Newcastle West Garda Station on (069) 20650, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station,\u201d said the garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n

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Separately, gardai in Limerick seized a large quantity of cash and a luxury jeep as part of follow-up enquiries into the shooting in Rathkeale\u00a0at the beginning of September.<\/p>\n

Limerick Live understands up to six houses in Rathkeale were raided by uniformed and plain clothes gardai, Regional Armed Support Unit and Regional Dog Unit.<\/p>\n

A garda spokesperson confirmed garda\u00ed executed a search under warrant at a domestic residence in Rathkeale on Monday, September 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cA quantity of cash has been seized as a result of the search,\u201d said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n

While the exact amount of cash hasn\u2019t been disclosed for operational reasons, Limerick Live understands that it is a \u201csignificant\u201d five-figure sum.<\/p>\n

A total of four vehicles have also been seized during the searches including a high-end luxury Mercedes jeep.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigations are ongoing,\u201d said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n

One local, who contacted the Leader after seeing all the garda activity in early September, said they were delighted to see the searches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an amount of guards there, big fellas with machine guns and they had dogs and all looking for stuff. They weren\u2019t messing around. There\u2019s been a few of these raids,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Minister of State Niall Collins praised gardai for the \u201csignificant seizures\u201d of cash and vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will send a strong message to the minority in Rathkeale who are engaged in serious criminality. As a Minister of State in the Justice Department I want to acknowledge the actions of the gardai involved.<\/p>\n

“It also re-enforces to the vast majority of good, law-abiding people in Rathkeale that actions have consequences and criminality will not be tolerated in their community. Rathkeale is a wonderful town to live and work in,\u201d said Mr Collins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THREE men are in garda custody this Wednesday night in connection with a shooting on the outskirts of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,2177,61,60,43,39830],"class_list":{"0":"post-56337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-county-limerick","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-rathkeale"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56337","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=56337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}