The teenage son of a Limerick crime boss used a powerful Glock semi-automatic handgun when he tried to kill the 17-year-old son of a rival crime gang member, it has emerged.

The troubled mother of a Limerick gang killer drowned when she accidentally fell into a city canal when very drunk, a coroner’s court has heard.

The average cost of jailing the three Dundon brothers who were convicted of murder as well as other dangerous criminals at the State’s only high security prison shot up last year.

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.

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.

A retired detective garda who was part of the investigation team that helped secure John Dundon's conviction for the murder of Shane Geoghegan, has said the controversy surrounding recordings of phone calls has been blown out of all proportion.

A solicitor is to seek a review of John Dundon's conviction for murdering Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan in light of revelations that gardaí were recording phone calls in and out of garda stations.

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.

Brothers John and Desmond Dundon, both serving life sentences for murder, have mounted a legal challenge to being held in the segregation unit at the maximum security prison at Portlaoise.

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.

Limerick man John Dundon has gone on hunger strike in prison as he fears an attempt to poison him.

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 jury in Limerick returned a murder verdict in the death of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan who was shot dead near his home in Kilteragh, Dooradoyle, on the night of Nov 9, 2008.

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

A book by legal expert Dr Liz Campbell takes a balanced approach to gangland crime in Ireland, says Cormac O’Keeffe.

I read the article by your reporter Jimmy Woulfe (Bright Future Dawns, Aug 17) on crime and other developments following the recent conviction of criminal John Dundon, and the convictions of many others over the years. What an uplifting piece of writing.

The Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy has praised sisters April and Lisa Collins for breaking gangland rules of silence at the trial of John Dundon, leading to his conviction for the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

Another of the unfortunate legacies — what a long, well-polished list that is — of our nation’s time as a colony is a visceral distaste for “informers”. That, however, did not prevent a great number of our countrymen or women being just that.

Jailed killer John Dundon knew he was ‘going down’ for the murder of Shane Geoghegan, prison insiders have said.

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.

Irish prisoners, including their latest addition, John Dundon, will soon be wearing “Hollywood smiles”, sporting fake tans and smoking Hamlet cigars after retail giant BWG scooped a multimillion-euro contract to supply tuck shops across Irish prisons.

Limerick crime boss John Dundon has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

John Dundon’s solicitor said they would be lodging an appeal to the murder conviction in which they would put forward new evidence showing his innocence.

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.

The sentencing of crime boss John Dundon for the murder of Shane Geoghegan has been acclaimed in the city as evidence that gardaí have now mastered the once powerful crime gangs.

Convicted drug boss Johnny McNamara, the target for the attack which led to the murder of Shane Geoghegan, lived at No 6 Clonmore, Kilteragh, just doors from where Shane shared a house with his partner, Jenna Barry.

Evidence entered at the John Dundon trial which has amazed many related to a meeting in Cruises St on Oct 29, 2008.

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

Following the jailing of John Dundon — the notorious gang leader who ordered a murder that triggered the killing of Shane Geoghegan, a totally innocent victim in the wrong place at the wrong time — the people of Limerick and of Ireland will breathe a sigh of relief that such a heinous and evil figure has been put behind bars for life.

The solicitor for Limerick crime boss John Dundon says his client may appeal after being found guilty of murder today.

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.

A witness in the trial of a Limerick man accused of murdering Shane Geoghegan said he was not present when a hit was allegedly ordered.

Defence witnesses will be called by lawyers for John Dundon today at his trial at the Special Criminal Court for the murder of 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.