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.

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.

A Limerick criminal has been refused bail ahead of an appeal against the severity of his five-year sentence for violent disorder.

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.

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.

Closing speeches have been heard today in the Special Criminal Court trial of two Limerick brothers accused of threatening to kill four members of the same family.

The Special Criminal Court trial of two Limerick brothers charged with threatening to kill four members of the same family has heard legal submissions at the close of the prosecution case.

A Limerick man told gardaí in interview that a mother-of-three he is accused of threatening to kill was a “crack-head” who had a “vendetta” against him, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

A woman has told the Special Criminal Court she could not tell her ex-boyfriend about threats made against her life for fear of being beaten up by his brother.

A mother-of-three has told the Special Criminal Court that she could not tell her ex-boyfriend about threats made against her life for fear of being beaten up by his brother.

A woman has admitted being in a “loving embrace” with a violent sex offender just one day after complaining to gardaí that she was in fear for her life following threats made by two of her ex-partner’s brothers.

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.

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.

A HIGH-PROFILE Limerick figure last night sparked political outrage after he appeared on a court prison video link with his face partially masked by a bandana mask and making a finger gestures to the camera.

A LIMERICK criminal with 84 previous convictions, who used to drive around the city in a powerful, bullet-proof BMW, was jailed yesterday after a woman who offered to pay bail for him was not accepted by Limerick District Court.

THE Government’s response to gangland crime has been “incredibly apathetic and half-hearted”, Fine Gael justice spokesman Charlie Flanagan claimed last night.

Gardaí have arrested a leading member of one of Limerick's feuding families on foot of a committal warrant.

A LIMERICK man arrested at Cork Airport as he tried to board a flight to Amsterdam with a false passport, has a €1 million contract on his head and has used a bulletproof BMW car for protection.

LIMERICK’S bloody feud has got out of control in recent days, a senior detective warned yesterday.