Mayor hails bravery of Collins family

THE bravery of Limerick businessman Steve Collins and his family in standing up to the notorious McCarthy-Dundon gang was last night saluted by the mayor of Limerick at a reception in Mr Collins’s honour.

Mayor hails bravery of Collins family

Mayor Kevin Kiely said Mr Collins’s son, Roy, 34, was murdered on April 9 last because the family had simply done the right thing.

As a result of a threat issued to a cousin of Roy Collins, Ryan Lee, after Mr Lee turned a young girl away from the front door of the family-owned Pike Inn, a leading member of the McCarthy-Dundon gang got a long prison sentence. Ryan Lee was shot and badly wounded inside the bar after refusing the girl admission.

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