Garda successes lead to fall in organised crime

Many leaders of a prolific crime scene have been jailed, writes Jimmy Woulfe

A major “fracturing” of Limerick’s feared McCarthy-Dundon gang has led to a dramatic fall in organised feuding crime in the city, according to the head of the Limerick Garda division, Chief Superintendent David Sheahan.

The McCarthy-Dundons have long been one of the most feared criminal outfits in the land. Once thought indestructible, they now show all the signs of being in disarray.