Firearms residue found on the tracksuit bottoms of one of the men accused of murdering a Limerick businessman supports the suggestion that he was at the shooting, his trial has heard.

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 Special Criminal Court has heard murder accused Wayne Dundon had a notorious reputation among Limerick gardaí.

A detective has denied knowing the main witness against Wayne Dundon in the Roy Collins murder trial had previously implicated Dundon in a murder he could not have committed.

A man serving life for murder told the Special Criminal Court that he has received "a world of misery" for making a statement against his cousin, who is charged with the murder a Limerick businessman.

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.

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.

The cross-examination of a convicted Limerick criminal who said he was offered €20,000 to take part in the killing of publican Steve Collins finished yesterday at the trial of two men charged with the murder of businessman Roy Collins.

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.

A convicted Limerick criminal told the Special Criminal Court that he was offered €20,000 to take part in the killing of publican Steve Collins, the father of murdered businessman Roy Collins.

A key prosecution witness is giving evidence in the trial of two Limerick men accused of murdering businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

Two Limerick men have gone on trial charged with murdering businessman Roy Collins in the city five years ago.

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.

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.

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.

Two Limerick brothers have been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of between them threatening to kill three members of the same family.

Two Limerick brothers have been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today of between them threatening to kill three members of the same family.

A woman was told she was digging her own grave and it was “very easy to make people disappear” by a Limerick man accused of threatening to kill her and three of her children, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A mother-of-five was told she was digging her own grave and that it was “very easy to make people disappear” by a Limerick man accused of threatening to kill her and three of her children, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two Limerick men threatened to kill a mother and her three children after a row over visiting rights for the children of their incarcerated brother, their Special Criminal Court trial will hear.

The trial of two Limerick brothers charged with threatening to kill four members of the same family has been adjourned until tomorrow after their defence team sought further disclosure on an alleged attempt by a key prosecution witness to “set-up” one of the accused.

Four men today received sentences totalling 31-and-a-half years for offences including violent disorder and demanding money with menaces, in the largest tranche of Limerick gangland cases to come before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A Limerick man, who was arrested along with seven other men following a Garda investigation into extortion, has pleaded guilty to violent disorder before the Special Criminal Court.

Eight Limerick men facing a variety of charges including violent disorder, making threats to kill and demanding money with menaces will stand trial together in March next year.

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