Convictions ‘welcomed by Limerick people and gardaí’

A former Limerick divisional representative of the Garda Representative Association last night welcomed the sentences handed down to the Dundon brothers by the Special Criminal Court.

Kevin McCarthy, who served as a national trustee of the GRA, said: “The convictions of these two would be very welcome by the decent people of Limerick and the members of the Garda Síochána who pulled out all the stops in this investigation.

“The convictions and sentences are to be welcomed. For the future, it might serve as a lesson that these people are not immune from prosecution irrespective of who they threaten, whether it is a member of the general public or members of their own grouping.”