This is the man linked to a terrifying shotgun attack that left another man seriously wounded and his sister injured.
The burly thug posted this picture on the internet and has a fascination with firearms, according to Sunday World sources.
Dan McCarthy, who has been banned from housing estates in his home town of Newcastle West – thanks to violent behaviour in Co Limerick – was arrested and questioned by gardaí this week.
He appeared at Limerick District Court yesterday, charged with breaching an exclusion order and was released on bail.
Ger Hennessy was blasted outside his house in Castleview, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, suffering serious but not life-threatening injuries.
The 34-year-old was hit in the side of his stomach and taken to hospital following the shocking attack at around 3.30pm last Wednesday afternoon.
His sister Colette Hennessy, who gardai believe was not the intended target, suffered shotgun wounds to one of her hands.
Ger Hennessy, who had recently returned to Limerick from abroad, was collecting shopping from a car outside the house when the gunman opened fire.
It was reported how a silver Volkswagen Passat pulled up outside and a gunman then opened fire with a shotgun.
Mr Hennessy suffered serious injuries to his side and shortly afterwards was airlifted to Cork University Hospital where his condition was described as serious.
In June 2012, Dan McCarthy was barred from entering Castleview for a period of three years after he was accused of being involved in “extreme acts of violence” and anti-social behaviour.
A previous bid by Limerick County Council to impose a barring order was put off to see if he would behave himself.
However, a judge made the order when he was told that in the meantime McCarthy had been convicted of drugs and public order offences.\[Ciaran Lennon (SW)\]His older brother Thomas McCarthy has previously been barred as well from entering both the Castleview and Sharwood estates in the town for three years
During one court hearing to deal with rampant gangs on the estate Judge Mary O'Halloran was told that local residents have endured “a living nightmare” in recent years.
The two brothers have previously been accused of been involved with a violent feud with members of the Rathkeale-based 'Nap' Ryan clan.
In 2011 they were among five people charged with being involved in a violent conflict in both Rathkeale and Newcastle West
However, the trial at Limerick Circuit Court dramatically collapsed after a number of witnesses refused to give evidence.
The trial Judge dismissed the case after five people who had made the original complaints to gardai all withdrew their evidence.
