Steve Collins has indicated that his family might return to Ireland now that his son’s murderers have been jailed for life.

A verdict is due today in the non-jury trial of two men accused of murdering Limerick businessman Roy Collins.

The case against a Limerick man charged with the murder businessman Roy Collins boils down to the proposition that he “made a run for it” when spotted by gardaí walking with a man against whom there was evidence had carried out the shooting, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A convicted Limerick criminal who is giving evidence at the trial of two men charged with the murder of businessman Roy Collins was described as a “crooked snaky c**t” by his sister’s partner, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two Limerick men have gone on trial at the non-jury Special Criminal Court for the murder of businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

Two men due to stand trial on a charge of murdering businessman Roy Collins five years ago are seeking recordings of communications between garda stations and prisons, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two Limerick men due to stand trial on a charge of murdering businessman Roy Collins five years ago are seeking recordings of communications between garda stations and prisons, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Wayne Dundon has failed in an application to adjourn his forthcoming Special Criminal Court trial on a charge of murdering Limerick businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

Wayne Dundon has failed in an application to adjourn his forthcoming Special Criminal Court trial on a charge of murdering Limerick businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

Lawyers for Wayne Dundon have asked the Special Criminal Court to adjourn his forthcoming trial on a charge of murdering local businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

Limerick gangland figure Ger Dundon has failed in appeal against his five-year sentence for violent disorder.

The low-profile former Mr Big of the McCarthy-Dundon gang, who was responsible for one of its most notorious murders, now runs a drugs operation in Limerick and Cork with a well-known former businessman, it has emerged.

The judgment in the John Dundon case ran to 84 pages and reveals the difficulties the court faced in evaluating the evidence of key witnesses, all of whom had close ties to Dundon and his associates and helped cover up Shane Geoghegan’s murder.

Limerick crime boss John Dundon should be at least 50 by the time he is freed having received a life sentence for the murder of innocent man Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity which shocked the nation.

Limerick crime boss John Dundon has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

John Dundon’s solicitor said they would be lodging an appeal to the murder conviction in which they would put forward new evidence showing his innocence.

The past, present and future of April Collins has been, is and always will be, inextricably linked to one of Ireland’s most dangerous families, the Dundons.

SHOTS in the night meant only one thing in Limerick in 2008 — another gangland hit.

No matter how loud he turned the music up on his walkman, no matter no hard he pressed the headphones against his ears, John Dundon could not drown out the reality facing him in Court 11.

The sentencing of crime boss John Dundon for the murder of Shane Geoghegan has been acclaimed in the city as evidence that gardaí have now mastered the once powerful crime gangs.

More than 1,000 mourners filled St Joseph’s Church on Nov 12, 2008, for the funeral Mass of Shane Geoghegan.

Convicted drug boss Johnny McNamara, the target for the attack which led to the murder of Shane Geoghegan, lived at No 6 Clonmore, Kilteragh, just doors from where Shane shared a house with his partner, Jenna Barry.

Evidence entered at the John Dundon trial which has amazed many related to a meeting in Cruises St on Oct 29, 2008.

John Dundon is one of five sons of Kenneth Dundon and Anne ‘Doll’ McCarthy.

Following the jailing of John Dundon — the notorious gang leader who ordered a murder that triggered the killing of Shane Geoghegan, a totally innocent victim in the wrong place at the wrong time — the people of Limerick and of Ireland will breathe a sigh of relief that such a heinous and evil figure has been put behind bars for life.