Suspected gang leader has assets frozen

Two houses alleged to have been acquired from the proceeds of crime by one of the suspected leaders of a Limerick crime gang and one of his associates have been made the subject of High Court freezing orders.

The orders came from Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) proceedings against Edward McCarthy, who is among the suspected leaders of the McCarthy-Ryan gang, previously known as the McCarthy-Dundon gang. A feud between the McCarthy-Ryans the Keane-Collopy gang has resulted in 17 murders since 2000.

The orders are also against his associate Anthony Mullane, father of Mr McCarthy’s partner, Linda Mullane. The orders mean a house at Cliona Park, Moyross, where Mr McCarthy and Ms Mullane live, and one at Creagh Avenue, Kileely, owned by her father Mr Mullane, cannot be sold, dealt in or diminished in value pending further proceedings.