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.

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 sprawling housing estates of Moyross and St Mary’s Park were under virtual garda lockdown last night following the murder earlier in the day of Noel Campion in Thomondgate.