Slain hood Ross Monaghan's Irish bar stripped of signage less than two weeks after shooting

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PUB REBRAND Slain hood Ross Monaghan's Irish bar stripped of signage less than two weeks after shooting
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MURDERED hood Ross Monaghan's Irish bar has been stripped of signage bearing his name less than two weeks after he was gunned down inside.
Workers removed foot-high gold lettering spelling out his surname just 12 days after he and fellow Scots gangster Eddie Lyons Jnr were assassinated on the Costa del Sol.
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Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr were murdered in a gangland assassination in Spain
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Monaghan's name has been erased from the Spanish boozer
Pictures show a specials board advertising home-made soup lying on a table inside, as well as a branded banner and parasols that previously stood on the terrace.
One eyewitness told how Monaghan's name had been erased from his boozer in Fuengirola, Spain, amid speculation it will be relaunched after a renovation.
They said: 'The signs were taken down around mid-morning on Thursday.
'It looks like the place has been cleaned up and moved around after the attack a few weeks ago.'
Another source said: 'No-one knows if they are planning to re-open, but it does look like there's been some work done to the property.'
Monaghan, 43, was chased inside the bar and blasted seconds after Lyons Jr, 46, was shot dead at point-blank range outside.
Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay called for tighter controls to stop mobsters using supposedly respectable businesses to launder dirty cash.
He said: 'The Spanish and Scottish authorities should be asking how a known member of a major international drugs gang appeared to have the ownership of a prominent business which literally had his name above the door?
'A guy like that should never have had the ability to put his name on assets for which the only source of funding has been drugs.'
The Lyons gang kingpins had been part of a group watching the Champions League footie final on May 31 when the killer struck.
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Graphic CCTV footage aired by Spanish broadcasters showed Monaghan crawling on his hands and knees in a bid to flee the hitman, before collapsing against a wall.
The horrifying film shows blood from a wound near his heart soaking through his white t-shirt.
We told of claims Monaghan had a £250,000 price on his head over a feud with a Spanish drugs cartel linked to the south of England.
We also exclusively told how Monaghan's grieving family said their Glasgow enemies the Daniels are not to blame.
The Daniels and allies of jailed Edinburgh cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson are under attack by hoods linked to Dubai-based Ross McGill, 31.