Limerick gangster Dessie Dundon granted leave to review parole refusal over 'secret Garda dossier'

Dundon has so far served 21 years’ imprisonment for the murder of crime boss Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of Keane’s nephew, Owen Treacy

Limerick crime boss Dessie Dundon, who is serving his time in Mountjoy Prison, claims the parole board did not take all reasonable steps to inform him of all the information that grounded the parole refusal earlier this year. File photo: Courtpix

Dessie Dundon, who is serving life imprisonment for the murder of a Limerick gangland rival, has been granted leave to challenge a refusal to grant him parole on the basis of a “secret dossier” compiled by An Garda Síochána.

Limerick crime boss Dundon, who is serving his time in Mountjoy Prison, claims the parole board did not take all reasonable steps to inform him of all the information that grounded the parole refusal earlier this year.