Notorious criminal brothers Wayne and John Dundon have moved to appeal their convictions for making threats to kill.

Lawyers for the getaway driver in the murder of businessman Roy Collins in 2009 have failed in their preliminary attempt to get further access to taped telephone calls prior to the full hearing of their client’s appeal against conviction.

Lawyers for the getaway driver in the murder of innocent businessman Roy Collins in 2009 have failed in their preliminary attempt to get further access to taped telephone calls prior to the full hearing of their client's appeal against conviction.

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The average cost of jailing the State’s most dangerous criminals, including Brian Rattigan and the Dundon brothers, jumped even further last year.

The Court of Appeal will not review Wayne Dundon’s prison sentence for making threats to kill and intimidating witnesses, despite claims that his six-year sentence was “unduly lenient”.

The father of murdered amusement arcade owner Roy Collins yesterday spoke of the family’s desire to return to Limerick.

Steve Collins tells inquest of son’s last moments

Convicted murderer Nathan Killeen will not stand trial for the 2008 murder of James Cronin after the State entered a nolle prosequi — a decision not to proceed — on the charge yesterday.

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.

The Prison Service is to respond to the High Court shortly explaining how a high-profile gangland inmate was able to brandish an object he claimed was a mobile phone before judges at the high-security Special Criminal Court.

More than 7,000 phones have been seized in our prisons since 2009.

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 senior detective involved in the Roy Collins murder investigation, warned yesterday that the life of his father, Steve Collins — the intended victim — remains under threat.

A Limerick councillor says stopping people from bringing mobile phones into Ireland's prisons is "not rocket science".

Steve Collins has indicated that his family might return to Ireland now that his son’s murderers have been jailed for life.

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 father of murder victim Roy Collins has told the Special Criminal Court that Wayne Dundon made intimidating gestures towards him during a previous criminal trial.

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

Ballistics evidence is being heard at the Special Criminal Court trial of two Limerick men accused of murdering businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

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.

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 charged with the murder of Limerick businessman Roy Collins ran away from a Garda patrol car minutes after the murder, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

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.

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.

The first Steve Collins knew about his son being shot was when one of his barmen told him there was "a fellow bleeding next door", a court has heard.

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