Clare woman took partners name on passport as 'gesture', court hears

A Clare woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her partner and his two sons told gardaí she obtained a passport with her partner’s’ surname as a "gesture" to him a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

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