GARDAI are investigating a shooting in Limerick linked to an ongoing feud in the Moyross area of the city. The 18 year-old victim was in a car at Pineview Gardens when three shots were fired at him late on Friday night. He was said to be in a stable condition in hospital yesterday.

Meanwhile, shots were fired at the front door of a house at Moorfield Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin, early yesterday.

Two people, a man and woman in their early 20s, were in the house at the time. Neither was injured.

Blessed Charles to be canonised

BLESSED Charles, a much-loved figure in Dublin at the turn of the last century for his devotion to the sick, is due to be canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome today. Born in Holland in 1821, he joined the Passionist Order when he was 19 and spent most of his life in Dublin working with the needy.

Poet John Moriarty dies

IRISH philosopher and poet John Moriarty died this weekend, aged 69. The Co Kerry-born author had been suffering from cancer and is survived by his long-term partner Eileen Moore. Moriarty presented the RTE TV series The Blackbird and the Bell and had eight books published, including Nostos, an autobiography and his most recent book, Serious Sounds.

23rd Goldsmith festival

OLIVER GOLDSMITH'S deserted village has been packed with big names this weekend for the 23rd annual Goldsmith International Literary Festival. Among the speakers in Ballymahon yesterday were Minister for Children Brian Lenihan, Anna Lo from the NI Council for Ethnic Minorities, academic and writer Ruth Dudley Edwards and broadcaster Paddy O'Gorman. The festival concludes today.

Clarification

TERENCE WHEELOCK, from Summerhill, Dublin, was arrested fleeing from a stolen car in June 2005 and was later found unconscious in a cell at Store Street garda station after apparently attempting to hang himself. Two weeks before this incident, Wheelock attended the Mater Hospital for treatment for an injured arm. On this date, he was not arrested fleeing from a stolen car, as incorrectly stated in our edition of 27 May.