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Man (30s) rushed to hospital after latest attack on Limerick’s Hyde Road

It is the latest in a series of tit for tat incidents in the area that was once the home of the notorious Dundon brothers.

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A man in his 30s is recovering in hospital after he suffered injuries when he was attacked in Limerick city in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí and emergency services rushed to the scene shortly after 3:10am following reports of a disturbance involving a group of people on Hyde Road.

It is the latest in a series of tit for tat incidents in the area that was once the home of the notorious Dundon brothers.

In one of the incidents earlier this month, we reported how the home of Limerick gangland figure Jimmy Collins on Hyde Road became the target of a gun attack.

It’s understood the clash was sparked by tensions between two low-level drug dealers in the area and Collins’ son-in-law, Thomas O’Neill.

O’Neill, who is married to April Collins, has a long track record of violence and hit the headlines in 2004 as a 16-year-old when convicted of an horrific gang rape in the Cratloe Woods, Co. Clare.

The suspected drug-dealers believed to have been involved in the gun attack are said to be supplied by the gangland faction controlled by Eds McCarthy, a relative of the Dundon brothers.

Sources say that, along with his brother ‘Fat’ John McCarthy, the gang is considered one of the strongest operating in the city.

April Collins previously gave evidence against John and Wayne, the brothers of her ex-partner Ger Dundon, who were both convicted of murder and jailed for life.

In another incident in July a man, was injured when a pipe bomb exploded on Hyde Road, damaging two houses.

Gardai are appealing for witnesses to the serious assault, which took place early this morning.

“A male aged in his late 30s was treated at the scene for serious injures and removed by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick. His condition is understood to be stable,” a garda spokesperson said.

“No arrests have been made to date and technical examination of the scene has been carried out.”

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to this incident to come forward and are particularly interested in speaking to individuals who were present in Hyde road area at the time of the incident.”

Gardai are also appealing to those with video or dashcam footage from the area at the time to make it available to them.

“Anyone with information is asked to contact Roxboro Road Garda Station on 061 21 4340, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.”

Investigations ongoing, they added.