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Tue 06 Jun 2007Five appeal Kieran Keane murder convictionsAn appeal by five men against their convictions for the murder of crime leader Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of Keane's nephew, Owen Treacy, has opened amid tight security at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin.Desmond Dundon (23), Hyde Road, Limerick; David Stanners (34), Pineview Gardens, Moyross; James McCarthy (27), Delmege Park, Moyross; Christopher Costelloe (23), Moylish Avenue, Ballynanty Beg, and Anthony McCarthy (24), Fairgreen, Garryowen, were in December 2003 found guilty of the murder of Mr Keane at Drombana, Limerick, in January 2003. They were also convicted of the attempted murder of Mr Treacy and of falsely imprisoning the two men.