Abducted Ryan brothers
Bishop appeals for information
Ballynanty
Brothers abducted from outside their home
The Army has also been called in to help out in the search for two brothers who were abducted on Thursday evening.
Gardai are now concentrating their searches on the periphery of Limerick city.
They have asked landowners and anyone who might be out hill walking in the area to keep their eyes open and report any suspicious activity.
Last night the Bishop of Limerick, Dr Donal Murray, appealed for anyone with information about Eddie & Kieran Ryan, to help bring them safely home.
Dr Murray said the abduction, and other recent incidents in the city, showed the pointless cruelty of violence and intimidation.
The two men, aged 19 and 20, were abducted in Ballynanty, near Limerick city, late on Thursday night. There is still no news of their whereabouts.
They were forced into a car by two masked and armed men who fired a shot that narrowly missed a friend who was with them.
