April Collins hears fate of partner in court

One of the country’s most under-threat women sat in a Limerick court and heard that her partner, a notorious rapist, was now a changed man since meeting her and having a child with her.

April Collins, 25, is under 24-hour armed Garda protection since her evidence helped convict John Dundon for the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

Ms Collins broke away from the McCarthy-Dundon gang family to live with notorious rapist Thomas O’Neill. She had three children with Ger Dundon, her former partner, and a fourth with O’Neill.