Ireland Crime

Court report on the book of evidence extension and remand. Adds the charges, the Special Criminal Court direction, and the search date of 22 November 2024.

First report of this case. Adds the court appearance on 20 August 2026, the remand in custody, the charges, and the trial venue.

First report on the court appearance: Keane was further remanded in custody on three drugs charges, and the seizure was on 22 November 2024 at a Limerick home.

Reports the arrest of Christy Keane and a second man in his 40s following the seizure of €560,000 worth of suspected cocaine in Limerick city, with extensive background on Keane's criminal history, the 2015 UL shooting, and the ongoing Keane-Dundon McCarthy gang feud.

Court appearance and bail hearing for Stephen McNamara; identifies the 'man in his 40s' from the original arrest; confirms Christy Keane released without charge; details bail conditions including no contact with Keane and exclusion from Singland area.

Adds that McNamara was charged with one count of possession of cocaine for sale or supply and appeared before Limerick District Court. Gardaí objected to bail, the judge granted bail on conditions, and he was remanded to 12 March 2025. Also gives details of the car search and his alleged admission.

Reports a charge against a man in his 40s and that a second man in his 60s remains in custody. Gives the breakdown of the seizure: €490,000 from a vehicle search and €70,000 from a warranted property search.

Only the headline and summary are present; the body is template code with no further details. Nothing else about the incident, location, date or suspect is given.

Adds the seizure values, the separate property search, the charge against a man in his 40s, and a second man in his 60s held in custody.

The man in his 40s has been charged and is due before Limerick District Court; the man in his 60s remains in custody under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 for up to seven days. The article provides a breakdown of the seizure: €490,000 from a vehicle and €70,000 from a property.

Reports Keane's arrest and the questioning of a second man in his 40s, and gives the breakdown of the seizure: €490,000 from a stopped vehicle and €70,000 from a warrant search of a property. No charge is reported.

Provides background on Keane's 2015 UL shooting, the convictions of Larry McCarthy, Noel Price and John Costelloe for their roles in the attempted murder, Keane's 2000 cannabis conviction, and the 2003 killing of his brother Kieran Keane.

Confirms a man in his 40s has been charged and says a second man in his 60s remains in garda custody; the drugs have been sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

Provides a breakdown of the seizure (€490,000 from a vehicle stop and search, €70,000 from a property search under warrant), confirms the men are detained under drug trafficking legislation in a Garda station in the Limerick area, and notes the drugs will undergo further analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.

Adds that two men, aged in their 40s and 60s, were arrested and detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. Says the operation began after a vehicle was stopped on Friday, gives the separate €490,000 and €70,000 seizures, and says gardaí have not confirmed the seizure locations.

Provides details on the two separate searches (vehicle stop yielding €490,000 and warrant search of a property yielding €70,000), confirms detention under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, and identifies the operation as Operation Tara.

Adds detail that €490,000 was seized from a vehicle and €70,000 from a property, that the two men were arrested under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, that the drugs were sent for analysis, and that the raids were part of Operation Tara. The article does not say which man was arrested for which seizure.

Official Garda press release confirming the arrest and seizure, providing the breakdown of the cocaine value (€490,000 from a vehicle search, €70,000 from a property search under warrant) and noting the drugs will undergo further analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.

Court appearance details: man in 40s charged and due before Limerick District Court on 25 November 2024; man in 60s remains in custody under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 for up to seven days.