More home news in brief.
Gun offences linked to feud in Waterford
Four men appeared at Waterford District Court yesterday charged with firearms offences. They appeared in relation to an ongoing dispute between Travellers in the city in which more than 20 men have been charged.
Mark O'Grady (35), address withheld, and Kieran Phelan (34), O'Loughlin Place, Kilkenny, both appeared at the court yesterday charged with the possession of a stolen Beretta shotgun at Terminus Street in Waterford, on Friday, August 16th.
Mr O'Grady, who was granted bail at a sitting of the court last week, is to appear at the court again on September 23rd.
Mr Phelan was granted continuing bail to appear at the court on September 16th.
Thomas Stokes (19), Clonard Park, Ballybeg, Waterford, appeared yesterday charged with the possession of a firearm on August 5th. He was bailed to appear on September 23rd.
Meanwhile, James Stokes, Birchwood Drive, Waterford, was charged with the possession of a firearm at Birchwood on July 12th.
Men held in murder inquiry
Two men were being questioned by gardaí in Limerick last night in connection with the murder of a man in the city earlier this year. Mark Moloney (40) was gunned down near his home in Garryowen on April 5th.
The men, who were arrested early yesterday, were being questioned at Henry Street Garda station.
It is understood they are being questioned in relation to withholding information about the murder, which has been linked to gangland activity in Limerick.
An 18-year-old man has already been charged with murder.
Part of man's ear bitten off in row
A man in his 20s lost part of an ear when it was bitten off in a row that began in a nightclub.
The incident occurred in Gortahork in west Donegal in the early hours of Sunday morning. It followed a fight between three men 40 minutes earlier when gardaí were called to a nightclub.
All three left the premises when gardaí intervened but another confrontation then took place a short distance away when the ear was bitten.