Limerick City, Ireland

Posted in Old blogger by Twenty Major on December 21st, 2004

Gardai were shocked this morning when it emerged that a man had not been shot in Limerick City last night.

At around 10pm last night Derek Walsh was walking towards his home in the Prospect Avenue area of the city when no shots were fired. He was not rushed to Mid Western Regional Hospital in Dooradoyle where he did not die or suffer serious injuries. He is not in a stable or critical condition and family are not by his no bedside.

The non-existent shooters, who are well known to Gardai, are believed to have no problem at all with Mr Walsh and there is no history of family feuds. A Garda spokesman released a statement saying “At this time we have taken nobody into custody to not help us with our no enquiries.”

Local residents were appalled that a night had passed peacefully. 87 year old Bridie O’Byrne said “I couldn’t sleep at night knowing that nobody was killed. The sooner things return to normal around here the better”, while neighbour of the not victim, Shakey McDonagh said “It’ll be a sad day unless somebody gets knocked off. This town has a reputation to uphold and unless the crims start killing people again the ordinary people of this Limerick will have to go out with their revolvers and put things straight.”