An officer and a gentleman is how Liam Cosgrave should be remembered.

Notorious Limerick criminal Wayne Dundon has opened an appeal against his conviction for the murder of innocent businessman Roy Collins in Limerick eight years ago.

All editing is over. Speech, projected on new platforms, has become the newly authoritative medium, writes Gerard Howlin.

After running into Gerry Adams in Sligo and having the unveiling of his supports for older people overshadowed by a group of people intent of doing away with old age altogether — namely Dublin criminals —Enda Kenny was in need of a nice, easy campaign stop.

Charles J Haughey was born 90 years ago tomorrow. Biographer Ryle Dwyer examines his political legacy and the scandal that followed him

Steve Collins tells inquest of son’s last moments

A history of the world in the first half of the 20th century is contained in 17 lots from a Skibbereen autograph collector to be sold at Whyte’s in Dublin on September 20.

Gang boss Wayne Dundon, two of his brothers and fellow murderer Nathan Killeen are all holed up in a special section within the country’s only maximum security jail.

Two of Limerick’s most dangerous criminals have received life sentences for the murder that finally forced the city to fight back.

Two Limerick criminals have been sentenced to life in prison for the revenge murder of innocent businessman Roy Collins in the city over five years ago.

The family of Roy Collins, who was murdered in Limerick in 2009, have said that his murderers have "infected" their lives and "destroyed everything" they held dear.

Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen have been found guilty in their non-jury trial of murdering Roy Collins in Limerick in 2009.

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 murderer who produced what he claimed to be a mobile phone while giving evidence at the trial of two Limerick men charged with the murder of Roy Collins was instead in possession of a television remote, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A convicted murderer who produced what he claimed to be a mobile phone while giving evidence at the trial of two Limerick men charged with the murder of Roy Collins was instead in possession of a television remote control, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The main witness against Wayne Dundon in the Roy Collins murder trial has explained how he mistakenly implicated Dundon in a separate murder that he could not have committed at that time.

A court has heard one of the men charged with murdering businessman Roy Collins was allowed to spend his days in prison chatting with his cousin while all other prisoners worked or were locked in their cells.

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 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 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 man serving a life sentence for murder has told the Special Criminal Court his first cousin, Wayne Dundon, told him he ordered the killing of Limerick businessman Roy Collins.

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.

YOU want a slice of Ireland today? Come to Carrigaline. Down on Main St, the Turkish barber has closed up and left town.

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.

The mother of one of the men on trial accused of the murder of businessman Roy Collins has been found dead in a canal this morning.

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

Today marks the 70th anniversary of sinking of Irish Oak. Historian Ryle Dwyer looks at the bad luck and controversy associated with that ill-fated ship

Two Limerick men were charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday with the murder of local businessman Roy Collins in 2009.

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

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

Two men linked to the notorious McCarthy-Dundon gang are to be charged with the murder of businessman Roy Collins tomorrow, it has emerged.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter’s recent decision to pardon Irish army deserters who fought for the allies during World War II has once again highlighted the contribution to the allied cause of citizens from neutral Ireland.

A semi-automatic Glock pistol, believed to have been used to murder innocent businessman Roy Collins, has been recovered by gardaí.

A husband and wife who died in a crash near Macroom, Co Cork, will be laid to rest tomorrow.

Intimidation is a very powerful and secret weapon used by dangerous people.

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”.

Seán Lemass: Democratic Dictator