Huge security operation for gangland court case

MORE THAN 60 armed detectives and uniformed gardaí were detailed for the biggest security operation ever mounted for a court case in Limerick, as four men appeared in connection with the murder of crime boss, Kieran Keane.

The gangland case saw detectives, some armed with machine guns, on the roof top of the County Courthouse and in the grounds of the nearby 800-year-old St Mary’s Cathedral.

Steel barriers were set up as the four accused arrived in three Garda vans under heavy escort for the court sitting. Detectives searched everyone on the way in to Limerick District Court before the accused were brought before Judge Tom O’Donnell.