‘Lying Eyes’ target sitting on €27.5m in assets

The purported main target of a murder plot by Ennis woman Sharon Collins is sitting on assets with a value of €27.5m in one company alone.

Accounts filed by the main property firm owned by Co Clare man, PJ Howard show that Downes & Howard Ltd bucked the recessionary trend to record profits in 2011 and increase the value of its fixed assets from €27.3m to €27.5m.

Last month, Mr Howard’s former partner, Sharon Collins, aged 48, secured full release from prison after serving a sentence for soliciting Essam Eid to kill Mr Howard, aged 63, and his sons, Robert and Niall.