Son of slain mob boss Kieran Keane Snr forges ties with some of country's most notorious gangsters
The son of slain mob boss Kieran Keane Snr has forged ties with some of the country's most infamous gangsters and was recorded visiting heroin dealer Greg Lynch in Dublin, CAB have claimed.
Alongside his uncle Christy Keane and cousin Owen Treacy Jnr, Kieran Keane Jnr is one of the leaders of the notorious gang which has dominated Limerick's underworld for decades.
According to documents filed in the High Court, the forging of links with other criminal networks has been vital to their success, with Dublin mob bosses meeting with Keane Jnr on numerous occasions.
Kieran Keane Jnr connected with violent Finglas-based gangster David 'Sos' Mulvey, meeting him several times in the capital as well as flying to the United States with him.
He was spotted in conversation with the Dubliner outside his home at Berryfield Drive on the city's northside in 2015 and 2016.
Christy Keane
Owen Treacy Jnr
At this time, Keane Jnr had also become close to Belfast hard-man Gerard Mackin, and the pair's respective partners had also become friendly.
The Limerick gang boss and his cousin Richard Treacy were also seen outside the home of Greg Lynch's partner in Dublin in December 2016.
Lynch, who had once been part of the Kinahan network, is regarded as a major gangland player and is involved in serious crime.
He survived being shot in the face in a 2013 hit ordered by a senior cartel member in a Kinahan 'black-ops' attack that was blamed on another gangster.
After discovering the truth, Lynch cut his links with the Cartel but has remained in the business.
His network is believed to have been one of those targeted by a series of raids as a result of the Ghost-encrypted network being hacked by police.
Details of Kieran Keane Jnr's links to Dublin mobsters emerged in the affidavit evidence against him in a Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) case heard last week.
Kieran Keane
Gerard Mackin
Three houses, three cars and €101,000 in a bank account were all declared the proceeds of crime after Judge Alexander Owens accepted the evidence of Keane's criminality.
Despite a lack of legitimate income, Keane Jnr enjoyed plenty of foreign travel, including a trip to the United Sates.
In July 2016, he boarded a flight with Mulvey and his friend Gerard Hogg from Finglas who, it was stated, was 'heavily involved in organised crime'.
Kieran Keane Jr and his father Kieran Keane Sr
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His uncle Christy Keane had also forged links with Finglas mobsters years ago while serving time in Portlaoise Prison.
He became friends with John Daly, despite the age gap between the two men, with his son Liam Keane being spotted in Finglas.
Daly was murdered on the orders of Eamon 'The Don' Dunne shortly after he was released from prison on October 22, 2007, as he sat in a taxi in Finglas.
Keane Jnr also went on a family holiday to Dubai with his partner Laura Flanagan and Gerard Mackin and his partner for a week in March 2019.
Greg Lynch
David 'Sos' Mulvey
A photograph of the holidaymakers together was found on a phone seized from Mackin.
Mackin, as the Sunday World previously reported, has served prison time for using a nail gun to nail a man's foot to a floor in Limerick.
He is described as having been an enforcer for the Keane gang and more recently was jailed for money laundering when caught with €7,000 in the city.
Last week, it was heard that Keane Jnr is living in Dubai and Ms Flanagan appears to be 'a lone parent'.
Keane Jnr had left Ireland for Spain after the searches in 2020 but returned in September 2021 to be interviewed and was arrested for questioning over money-laundering.
Over the course of 11 Garda interviews he made few responses to questions from investigating officers.
He later returned to Alicante, where gardaí confirmed he was living in an apartment block, while it was heard last week in court that he now resides in Dubai.
Ms Flanagan, who has no criminal convictions, was also arrested in November 2021 and in her interviews she mostly responded 'no comment'.
In his evidence, CAB's chief officer, Michael Gubbins, said the couple have 'accumulated a significant amount of wealth which has come from unknown sources'.
Keane's father Kieran Keane Snr was murdered by the Dundon-McCarthy gang in 2003 in an infamous incident.
While a receiver has been appointed to two of the houses targeted by CAB, Judge Owens held back on doing so for a house at Claughaun Avenue, Limerick, where Ms Flanagan lives with three children.
A hearing on the issue will be heard later and the case is expected to be mentioned in court again next month.
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