Limerick is known as the Treaty City, commemorating the site where peace was made during one of Ireland#146;s bloody wars. However, since the 1980s the city#146;s reputation has been tainted by gang feuds, earning it the infamous nickname #145;Stab City#146;. In Blood on the Streets , Anthony Galvin explores the many notorious murders that have been perpetrated in the city over the years, including the case of Deborah Hannon, who, along with her father#146;s lover, Suzanne Reddan, hacked her best friend to death with a Stanley knife. Galvin recounts the murder of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, shot by the IRA during a botched armed robbery, and the story of the last man hanged in Ireland following his conviction of the rape and murder of a nurse on a quiet suburban road. Blood on the Streets also spotlights the city#146;s hit men, including the only hit man in the country to have been convicted of murder twice, and delves into some of the most notorious of the recent gangland killings.