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Sunday World
20-05-2025
- Sunday World
Infamous mob boss's nephew pleads guilty at Special Criminal Court
Christy Keane relative Richard Treacy admits using crime cash to pay for renovations to home The nephew of a Limerick gangland figure has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to money laundering over renovation work carried out at his home. Richard Treacy (36) from Garryowen, Co. Limerick, this week admitted charges that he allowed the proceeds of crime to be used for work on his Downey Street home. His trial at the Special Criminal Court had been due to last for two weeks but he changed his plea to guilty. He is the latest person connected to mob boss Christy Keane to be convicted over money laundering, after a Garda operation targeted the gang's finances. Treacy is now due to re-appear at the non-jury court in July for sentencing. His first cousin Kieran Keane Jnr is being targeted by the Criminal Assets Bureau who say three properties and €100,000 in a bank account are the proceeds of crime. Crime boss Christy Keane Keane Jnr was also mentioned during a criminal case against Dermot 'Plum' McManus, who got a three-year prison sentence for money laundering in January last year. McManus was described as 'close confidant' of crime boss Christy Keane, who is Keane Jnr's uncle. Keane Jnr was also cited as another alleged leading member of the gang. The Keane gang was described as one of the 'most ruthless crime groups in the State' at the Special Criminal Court. As well as 'Plum' McManus, Chirsty Keane's sister Sandra Hehir has also been convicted of money laundering. She got a two-and-a-half-year sentence over €124,000 found in her attic, which was found to be the proceeds of crime. Separately, her son Warren Hehir was convicted of money-laundering offences and sentenced to four years and three months. He admitted that €59,000 spent on renovating his home and a Rolex watch were the proceeds of crime. His wife Vicky Hehir also pleaded guilty to one charge of money laundering over the cash used for the renovations but avoided a prison sentence to allow her to look after their children. A convicted killer, Richard Treacy has been caught up in the violence of Limerick's infamous gangland feuding. He was jailed in 2007 for the manslaughter of Darren Coughlan, who was beaten to death in Limerick in 2005. Then aged 19, Treacy was sentenced to six years in prison along with his cousin Joseph Keane and Shane Kelly, who got seven years in prison. The three men notoriously smiled and winked at people in the public gallery as they were led away to begin serving their sentences. Three years later, Treacy's older brother Daniel was shot dead by John Coughlan, a brother of Darren's who is also believed to have tried to shoot Richard Treacy's uncle Pa Keane. Coughlan was jailed for life after a court heard how Treacy was shot three times in the head and once in the groin at a filling station. A video of the murder was recently played in court during a civil lawsuit brought by a former worker at the shop in which Coughlan took the gun from the shopping bag before opening fire.
Sunday World
15-05-2025
- Sunday World
Limerick man pleads guilty to money laundering over home renovation work
Richard Treacy (36) Downey St, Garryowen, Co Limerick, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced A Limerick man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to a money laundering offence relating to renovation work carried out at his home. The matter was originally listed for trial and expected to last two weeks, but at the Special Criminal Court this morning, Richard Treacy (36) entered a guilty plea to the charge. Treacy, of Downey St, Garryowen, Co Limerick, pleaded guilty that he, between January 1, 2014 and January 12, 2021, knowing or being reckless as to whether renovation work carried out at his home address was the proceeds of criminal conduct, did disguise the true source of the property. The offence is contrary to section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010. Ms Justice Karen O'Connor, presiding over the three-judge, non-jury court, put the matter back to July 21 next for sentencing.
Irish Times
15-05-2025
- Irish Times
Man pleads guilty to money laundering at Special Criminal Court
A Limerick man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to a money laundering offence relating to renovation work carried out at his home. The matter was originally listed for trial and expected to last two weeks, but at the Special Criminal Court on Thursday, Richard Treacy (36) entered a guilty plea to the charge. Treacy, of Downey St, Garryowen, Co Limerick, pleaded guilty that he, between January 1st, 2014 and January 12th, 2021, knowing or being reckless as to whether renovation work carried out at his home address was the proceeds of criminal conduct, did disguise the true source of the property. The offence is contrary to section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010. READ MORE Ms Justice Karen O'Connor, presiding over the three-judge, non-jury court, put the matter back to July 21th next for sentencing.
