Gardai are investigating the fatal shooting of 35 year old man at a petrol station in Limerick city. A little after 6am, this morning a lone gunman shot the delivery man on his bread delivery rounds at the Topaz petrol station on the Ennis Road in Limerick.

The Gardai at Henry Street are investigating and haven’t released details on the shooting. Despite this, locals believe and the Limerick Leader reports that the victim may be a member of the Treacy family. The Treacy family is aligned to one of the feuding families in Limerick.

Update: Fixed headline

After yesterday’s hijinxs in the Dáil where O’Dea read his statement to the chamber, the Limerick Leader lets the reporter at the heart of the storm tells his story exclusively in this weekend’s edition.

Dwane says:

When I was asked to cover Fianna Fail’s local election launch in the Clarion Hotel on March 9 last year, I didn’t expect people to be talking about Willie O’Dea’s comments for any longer than the next 12 hours, never mind 12 months.

Teaser! The paper will be on the stalls tomorrow.

On Saturday afternoon, Tom Shortt, candidate for the Labour Party in the Limerick City North ward, kicked off his media campaign with his brother the comedian Pat Shortt in Limerick City’s skatepark.

The time for the media photoshoot to get underway was stated to be noon, it started late in true Irish style. The campaign billboards dotted around the skatepark are creations of local graffiti artists.

I managed to capture a video of both Tom and Pat Shortt sliding down a ramp on skateboards. The moment of Pat Shortt injuring his ankle due to this stunt is visible but alas the batteries in the small camera died, hence the tiny amount of footage.