A garda has told the Roy Collins murder trial that he pointed a gun at one of the accused men when he found him hiding under insulation in an attic after the murder.

The fiancée of murdered Limerick businessman Roy Collins has recalled how she felt "numb" while waiting on news of his condition in hospital on the day he was shot.

A witness has told the trial of two men charged with the murder of businessman Roy Collins she lied to gardaí in order to protect her partner, who is a key prosecution witness in the case.

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.

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.

Armed gardaí took up positions outside the home of super-witness April Collins as her former partner Ger Dundon was expected back in Limerick last night after his release from Wheatfield Prison on Saturday.

Limerick criminal Ger Dundon is a free man after he was released early from his five-year prison term.

Former State witness April Collins has been banned from driving for 12 years and warned she will go to jail if she is caught driving while disqualified again.

One of the country’s most under-threat women sat in a Limerick court and heard that her partner, a notorious rapist, was now a changed man since meeting her and having a child with her.

An inquest into the death of Shane Geoghegan is to due to open at Limerick Coroners Court today.

The man who raped and killed beautician Rachel Kiely in 2000 has moved to Limerick to live with the sister of a gang rapist.

It’s only when you trawl through the number of Limerick gangland heavyweights holed up in prisons that the scale of the Garda’s success reveals itself.

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.

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.

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.

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

John Dundon has been found guilty of the murder of innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity.

A court has been told that John Dundon’s carelessness in describing a man he wanted killed caused the death of innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

A court has been told that John Dundon’s carelessness in describing a man he wanted killed caused the death of innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The prosecution has closed its case in the trial of Limerick man John Dundon, who is accused of murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan almost five years ago.

The prosecution has concluded its case in the trial of John Dundon who is alleged to have murdered 28-year-old Shane Geoghegan.

Lawyers for the Limerick man accused of murdering a Garryowen rugby player in 2008 will begin their defence today.

A person seen on CCTV footage with a man accused of murder, handed over his phone to gardaí on the day of the shooting, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The chief prosecution witness in a Limerick murder trial has said she should not feel guilty about Shane Geoghegan’s murder, despite knowing about the killing and doing nothing to prevent it.

The chief prosecution witness in the trial of a Limerick man accused of murdering Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan has denied that she has been primed by Gardaí in giving evidence.

A Limerick woman has agreed that she could have saved Shane Geoghegan’s life if she had taken two opportunities to report a planned murder in the hours before the shooting.

A Limerick woman has agreed that she could have saved Shane Geoghegan’s life if she had taken two opportunities to report a planned murder in the hours before he died.

A 26-year-old Limerick woman has told a murder trial that she heard John Dundon order a killing shortly before rugby player Shane Geoghegan was murdered, and that he panicked when he heard the wrong man had been shot.

The Special Criminal Court has heard how John Dundon ordered a hit on another man the night before Shane Geoghegan was killed.

A Glock pistol was used in the shooting dead of rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick, a murder trial has heard.

The Special Criminal Court has heard there has been another unexpected twist regarding a witness in the murder trial of Limerick man John Dundon.

The trial of John Dundon for the murder of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan will resume at the non jury Special Criminal Court tomorrow.

A key witness in the murder trial of hunger strike prisoner John Dundon has been hospitalised.

Brendan Nix told the court that a member of the Dundon family contacted John Devane solicitors on Tuesday and asked the Limerick firm to come on record for the accused man.

Rugby player Shane Geoghegan was the unintended victim of a shooting that was meant for another man and was ordered by John Dundon, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two men are due in court today charged in connection with the murder of a man whose family have been relocated under witness protection.

A former Limerick divisional representative of the Garda Representative Association last night welcomed the sentences handed down to the Dundon brothers by the Special Criminal Court.

Two Limerick brothers have been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for making threats to kill three members of the same family.

It was a case where we saw a 24-year-old pregnant woman, acting as a key prosecution witness, take on the notorious Limerick criminal family, the Dundons.

Two Limerick brothers were jailed by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for making threats to kill three members of the same family in the city.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said he regrets the Collins family have given up a life of 24-hour armed Garda protection for relocation outside Ireland.