Notorious mob boss Cornelius Price has died in a Welsh hospital after a long illness.
Price, 41, was the leader of a dangerous crime gang that operated out of Gormanstown, Co Meath and which had close ties to one of the sides in the recent Drogheda feud. Gardai have been notified about Price’s death in the UK - where he had been suffering from limbic encephalitis and in a gravely ill state in a Welsh hospital since late 2021.
The mobster has been on trial in the UK over a kidnap and blackmail plot - but had been unable to attend court due to his serious illness. It can now be revealed for the first time that gardai believe Price was directly behind the ruthless murders of tragic couple Willie Maughan, 34, and his pregnant partner Ana Varslavane, 21, on April 14 2015.
