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Limerick criminal jailed for helping McCarthy-Dundon gang in attempted murder of Christy Keane

Date
2023-07-27

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

A Limerick man has been sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, by the Special Criminal Court for assisting the McCarthy-Dundon organised crime group in the attempted murder of drug dealer Christy Keane in June 2015. Noel Price, aged 45, of Kileely Road, Limerick, pleaded guilty to making a vehicle available to the criminal organisation with knowledge of its intended use. The court heard that Price travelled to Dublin with a senior member of the gang, collected a white Volvo, and drove it back to Limerick in convoy. The vehicle was later used as a getaway car following the shooting of Keane at the University of Limerick, where he sustained three gunshot wounds but survived. Presiding Judge Alexander Owens noted Price's extensive criminal history and applied a 25 per cent reduction to the headline ten-year sentence to account for his guilty plea and addiction issues. Price has been in custody since his charging in June 2020.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Limerick criminal jailed for helping McCarthy-Dundon gang in attempted murder of Christy Keane. Charges or matters: this offence on June 4, 2020 but at all times has been serving time on other sentences. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

June 27 Incident
June 29, 2015 Incident
June 2015 Incident
August 2024 Incident
June 29 Incident
June 25 Incident
29 June Incident
June 8 Incident
June 4, 2020 Incident
July 2019 Incident
2023-07-27 Publication

Case subjects

Noel Price

Defendant

Charges: this offence on June 4, 2020 but at all times has been serving time on other sentences (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Mr Justice Owens, sitting with Judge Elma Sheahan and Judge Alan Mitchell, sentenced Price to seven years and six months imprisonment with the final year suspended. He imposed a sentence of four years and six months, backdated to when Costello went into prison.