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 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 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.