“It was a shocking murder and shocking for the country. You only have to listen to Judge Tony Hunt’s comments about it and how grotesque it was.'
A former top garda who led the Keane Mulready-Woods murder probe described the Drogheda feud as “one of the most difficult times in the history of the state”.
The pair, who lured 17-year-old Keane to a house where he was tortured, killed and chopped up, were given a combined sentence equal to the young boy’s age. Mangan, who led the fight against the two mobs before his retirement last March, explained the challenges policing such a volatile dispute with extremely dangerous and brazen criminals.
“It was such a tragedy that Keane lost his life with the decision of people who were having an enormous war over drugs.“You only have to listen to Judge Tony Hunt’s comments about it and how grotesque it was.The feud began when a group – led by two close associates and joined by Crosby – broke away from boss Owen Maguire and Cornelius Price to begin a rival drugs faction.Despite gun-for-hire Lawlor plugging Maguire six times, the Drogheda man survived but was left paralysed.
From there, Mulready-Woods was driven to the murder site at Rathmullen Park in Drogheda to a property owned by McKenna.
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