Killer’s drunk mother drowned after canal fall

The troubled mother of a Limerick gang killer drowned when she accidentally fell into a city canal when very drunk, a coroner’s court has heard.

The body of Susan Killeen, aged 54, of 80 Hyde Rd, Prospect, was recovered from Lough Quay in the early hours of May 2. She was the mother of Nathan Killeen, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Limerick businessman Roy Collins.

Mrs Killeen’s daughter Ciara Killeen, who was in a relationship with John Dundon — serving life for the murder of Garryowen rugby captain Shane Geoghegan— yesterday told Limerick City Coroner’s Court there was a lot going on in her mother’s mind at the time or her death and she “was not great, mentally”.