Clare woman in hitman trial wrote to 'Gerry Ryan Show'

A Clare woman on trial for hiring a hitman to kill her partner and his two sons wrote to 'The Gerry Ryan Show' several months before the events she is accused of, complaining about her partner, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

Ms Sharon Collins (aged 45), with an address at Ballybeg House, Kildysart Road, Ennis and Mr Essam Eid (aged 52), an Egyptian man with a Las Vegas address have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to kill PJ, Robert and Niall Howard between August 1, 2006 and September 26, 2006.