A man described by gardaí as the “head of the Dundon McCarthy” gang has been remanded in custody on a charge of threatening to kill his sister’s father in law.

The home of a senior member of the McCarthy Dundon criminal network has been raided by gardaí as part of the investigation into the attempted murder of crime boss Christy Keane.

Teenagers with family links to Limerick’s feuding McCarthy-Dundon and Keane-Collopy gangs were involved in a gun attack during a late-night confrontation on Thomond Bridge in the city centre.

The Special Criminal Court today heard evidence from the cousin of a Limerick man who is on trial for the murder of businessman Roy Collins in 2009.

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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.

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.

A wheelchair-bound John Dundon appeared in a state of undress before the Special Criminal Court this morning to hear that his trial for the murder of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan has been adjourned until Friday.

Limerick man John Dundon has applied to the High Court for a stay on his trial for the murder of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

Two Limerick men charged with the murder of local businessman Roy Collins four years ago have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court.

A leader of the notorious McCarthy-Dundon crime gang has been charged with the murder of Roy Collins.

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The mayor of Limerick has described the departure of gangland crime victim Steve Collins and his family from the city, as a “sad day for Irish democracy”.

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UP TO 20 men and women were arrested yesterday in a major garda anti-drugs operation in Limerick city and county.

Trying to live a normal life in the face of growing gangland threats, mid-west correspondent Jimmy Woulfe talks to families hit by Limerick’s bloody feud as it reaches its 10th anniversary.

A HIGH-PROFILE Limerick criminal was yesterday jailed at Limerick District Court for public disorder, a string of motoring offences and breaching a bail curfew.

A DEFIANT Limerick bakery owner, who gave an exclusive interview to the Irish Examiner earlier this week about his life driving a bread van with armed protection, has said it would be too risky for him to accept an invitation to go on the Late Late Show.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has rejected an appeal by a man against his conviction for conspiring to procure weapons, including rocket launchers, for a criminal gang alleged to be shopping for weapons from prison.

The CCA has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by a man against his conviction for conspiring to procure weapons including rocket launchers for a criminal gang running its business from prison.

SO-called peace talks involving Limerick’s main feud gangs resumed in secret on Thursday night at an office run by the agency brought in to regenerate crime-ridden council estates in the city.

THE discovery yesterday of a body partly buried in open ground in Limerick is almost certainly the 10th tit-for-tat murder in the continuing feud between two rival drugs gangs.

A MERCEDES car stolen in Dublin and disguised as a taxi was used in a machine-gun attack in the latest Limerick feud attack, gardaí said yesterday.

HEIGHTENED tensions continued yesterday in Limerick Prison as inmates caught with drugs due to the success of sniffer dog Rocky commenced punishments handed down by prison management.

THE brother of the latest victim of Limerick’s bloody feud yesterday paid a defiant farewell from inside the walls of Limerick prison.

THE many floral tributes sent to the removal last night of Limerick gang member Noel Campion included one from the Real IRA.

Two men are due in court today in connection with Friday night's weapons seizure on the outskirts of Cork.

An 18-year-old man who witnessed the gangland feud murder of Frankie Ryan in Limerick has been released from garda custody without charge.

EXTRA armed garda patrols were deployed in Limerick yesterday as hostilities flared between two feuding gangs who have used a grenade and automatic firearms in recent attacks.

THE two major drugs gangs in Limerick, based in St Mary’s Park and Ballinacurra Weston, get their supplies from varied sources, according to gardaí.