Spain boozer where Scots gangsters were shot dead reopens under new name
Monaghans in Fuengirola will welcome punters again after a new bar boss stepped in to run the newly-named Irish Rover
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THE BOOZER where two Scots hoods were shot dead in a gangland bloodbath has reopened under a new name - three weeks after the Spain massacre.
Monaghans bar in Fuengirola will welcome punters again after a new bar boss stepped in to run the newly-named Irish Rover.
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Monaghans ber pictured before the murders of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr
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A message posted on the bar's Facebook page reveals plans to reopen.
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Eddie Lyons Jnr
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A message on the pub's social media reveals the new landlord is looking forward to pulling pints at the beachside sports bar where Lyons gang kingpins Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, were slaughtered.
A post read: 'The Rover Returns! Join Clive and all the team when the doors open this coming weekend at the new Irish Rover!
'Clive, a well known pub landlord in the area, with over 26 years in the game decided to give it another go, and looks forward to welcoming his customers old and new on his new adventure!'
The relaunch comes after we revealed workers have removed the sign named after murdered Monaghan whose alleged killer now faces an extradition fight.
Workers removed foot-high gold lettering spelling out his surname just 12 days after he and fellow Scots gangster Lyons were assassinated on the Costa del Sol.
Pictures showed a specials board advertising home-made soup lying on a table inside, as well as a branded banner and parasols that previously stood on the terrace.
A source said at the time: 'No-one knows if they are planning to re-open, but it does look like there's been some work done to the property.'
Monaghan's involvement in the business prompted Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay to call for tighter controls to stop mobsters using supposedly respectable firms to launder dirty cash.
He said: 'The Spanish and Scottish authorities should be asking how a known member of a major international drugs gang appeared to have the ownership of a prominent business which literally had his name above the door?
'A guy like that should never have had the ability to put his name on assets for which the only source of funding has been drugs.'
Spanish cops insist hitman who executed Ross Monaghan & Eddie Lyons Jr killer WAS member of rival Daniel clan
The Lyons gang kingpins had been part of a group watching the Champions League footie final on May 31 when the killer struck.
Graphic CCTV footage aired by Spanish broadcasters showed Monaghan crawling on his hands and knees in a bid to flee the hitman, before collapsing against a wall.
The horrifying film shows blood from a wound near his heart soaking through his white t-shirt.
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CCTV shown on Spanish TV captured the moment the shooter storms in.
We told how a captured mobile phone holds the key to proving the assassinations in Spain of two Scots crime kingpins are linked to their Daniel gang rivals, sources claim.
Cops are understood to have seized the mobile from an alleged hitman suspected of shooting dead the duo.
Insiders say it contains data allegedly linking Michael Riley, 44, to Daniel hoods who Spanish detectives reckon are behind the double slaying.
Crimefighters appear at odds over who ordered the hit - with Scots officers insisting there is 'no intelligence' linking it to the gangland turf war here.
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