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The Keane-Collopy gang is a
criminal organisation Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...
based in
Limerick City Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
,
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. Its members are major suppliers of drugs in the Mid-West region and have been heavily involved in the Limerick feud since 2000, when an attempt was made on the life of gang leader Christy Keane, by Eddie Ryan. The feud, which mainly involves the Keane-Collopys, the Ryans and the McCarthy-Dundon gang, has resulted in hundreds of violent incidents including stabbings, shootings and bomb attacks and the deaths of up to twenty people. Keane-Collopy members are estimated to own more than 30 properties in the Limerick suburb of St. Mary's Park, where the gang is based. They have strong links to gangs in
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and Cork. The gang has been consistently targeted by the
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, with several properties and vehicles bought with the proceeds of crime, seized by the state. The Keane-Collopys have been severely weakened in recent years, with many key figures dead or in jail serving long sentences for feud related offences.


Rivals

Currently, the Limerick feud shows that Keane-Collopy's enemy(es) are: 1. McCarthy-Dundon


References


Further reading

*Duggan, Barry. "Mean Streets:Limerick's Gangland. O'Brien Press, 2009. *Galvin, Anthony. "Family Feud:Gangland Limerick Exposed. Hodder Headline Ireland, 2003. Irish drug traffickers Organised crime groups in Ireland {{Ireland-org-stub