Man (20s) arrested over pipe bomb explosions that injured man in Limerick two years ago
The Hyde Road area of Limerick has long been a stronghold of the Dundon-McCarthy gang.
The man, in his 20s, has been brought to a Garda station in Limerick for questioning.A garda spokesperson said: “Gardaí attached to the Crime Office at Roxboro Road Garda station have arrested a male today in connection with ongoing investigations into two incidents of explosions which occurred on Hyde Road, Limerick on July 15, 2023.“He is currently being detained under the provisions of Section 30 of Offences Against the State Act 1939 as amended."Investigations are ongoing,” the Garda spokesperson said.A man in his early 30s received injuries to his arm, which were non-life threatening, in the explosions that occurred at two residential properties on Hyde Road in the early hours of Saturday, July 15, 2023.Emergency services treated the man at the scene following the incident at 3.10am where damage to the front of houses where the device went off was visible later that dayThe Hyde Road area of Limerick has long been a stronghold of the Dundon-McCarthy gang.However, according to sources at the time, the attack was not related to the Dundon-McCarthy gang or their rivals.It is believed to be related to a personal matter and the victim is not linked to any gang dispute.We reported at the time how tensions had been rising between rival criminals in the Hyde Road area in the previous number of months.The incident followed a drive-by shooting on Hyde Road the previous month.A least one shot was fired from a firearm in the vicinity of a number of people in the broad daylight attack around 1.15pm on June 4.No one has been arrested in connection with the attack.Heavily armed gardai also carried out a series of raids in the Hyde Road area in February and seized a cocaine press and drugs.The location is the base for the notorious Dundon gang who were key players in the two-decade gangland feud in Limerick that claimed at least 17 lives, including those of several innocent people.While some of the leaders of the gang are in prison or facing serious criminal charges, they still operate from their Limerick base.Gang member Ger Dundon was jailed for 15 years in the UK two months ago in connection with an attempt to extort cash from convicted drugs dealer Shah Ali and his younger brother Mohammed in July 2020.From inside the sealed dock, Dundon shouted as he was being taken down that “you wouldn’t get that for rape or for killing someone”.His brothers Wayne, John and Dessie are all serving life sentences for murder in Ireland in killings that were part of their organised crime-gang’s reign of terror in Limerick, but other gang members remain free and are active in the city.
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