Eugene Cullen was serving a life sentence for the murder of Shay O’Byrne (27) in Tallaght.
Ian ‘Mad Dog’ Maloney found Cullen (32) was not breathing in the cell they shared in the Midlands Jail in September 2015.
In spite of efforts to restore him by Maloney and staff, he was later on noticable dead from a thought drugs overdose.
Cullen, from Crumlin, was close partner of Kinahan-linked mobster Fat ‘Freddie’ Thompson.
He had actually been sentenced to life in jail the previous year for the murder of Shay O’Byrne (27) in Tallaght, on March 13, 2009.
O’Byrne, was shot dead by a hooded shooter in front of his sweetheart Sharon Rattigan who is a sibling of gangboss Brian Rattigan. Thompson and Rattigan were the leaders of competing gangs associated with the bloody Crumlin-Drimnagh fight.
Cullen was likewise the primary suspect in the murder of Gary Bryan (31 ), who was shot dead in front of his sweetheart in Walkinstown in September 2006
Maloney, who has around 80 convictions and is called a violent wrongdoer, was cellmates and friends with Cullen at the time of his death.
In a poem he just recently released on social networks he stated how discovered his friend unresponsive and attempted to provide him mouth to mouth.
” The early morning I discovered Eugene passed in the cell, I ran towards the door and het the bell
” Then I began mouth to mouth, I could not get a pulse so I began to scream, ue … ue please get up, he looked so serene however his eyes remained shut
” I pounded and pounded on his chest
” My eyes filled with tears, I wept out get up get up
” When the officer and medics lastly came through the door, we raised Eugene up and layed him on the flooring
” They dealt with him for 10 minutes approximately
” Then took a look at each other and nodded no
” Hand in hand I needed to let him go
” That’s the last time I saw my brother
” It simply gos to reveal god just takes the very best, by taking Eugene god past that test”
Maloney likewise consists of a verse about just how much Cullen liked his household.
” Eugene constantly talked extremely about you
” He liked yous all so a lot
” And constantly made certain he stayed connected
” I could not exist when he was put to rest, god bless his mom she understood her boy finest
” Going to his inquest it didn’t appear best
” Simply examining at his household hoping they were alright
” Now Eugene is at peace with his daddy and child Owen, awaiting his liked ones to join them at gods house.”
Maloney stated it was simply among numerous poems he has actually composed.
‘ Mad Dog’ served a variety of prolonged jail cells, consisting of a 12-year sentence for the heist of Paul Sheeran Jewellers in Dundrum Town Centre in September 2008.
While serving that sentence he was likewise offered a jail sentence for attacking Joey O’Brien in Charlie’s Dining establishment, Dame Street, on January 4, 2009.
He formerly worked as an enforcer for ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson and was associated with the Crumlin-Drimnagh fight and other fights in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
He was likewise thought of participation in a fight which saw a variety of fuel bomb attacks and shootings in the Crumlin location previously this year.
He was thought of targeting 2 bros who are close friends of UFC fighter Conor McGregor as part of the fight.
