A man in his 20s was being questioned by gardaí today in connection with the murder of a 29-year-old drug dealer in Cork.

Five men and a woman were being questioned by gardaí today in connection with the murder of a 29-year-old drug dealer in Cork.

Gardaí have arrested five men in connection with the murder of Cork drug-dealer Eric Cummins last month.

Eoin English

John Breslin

GARDAÍ are expected to maintain a discreet presence at the funeral today of one of Cork’s leading drug dealers, murdered in a gangland style shooting at the weekend.

THE murder of Eric Cummins was cold-blooded and well planned, depressingly familiar on the streets of Dublin and Limerick, but rarely seen in Cork.

GARDAÍ are examining a burned-out car they believe may be connected to a gangland-style assassination in Cork at the weekend.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a 29-year-old man in Co Cork over the weekend have found a burned-out car they believe may have been used by the killers.

Two separate murder investigations are underway this morning following the deaths of two men in violent incidents over the weekend in Co Cork and Co Kildare.

PRIM, trim lawns, cheerful shrubbery, people carriers and four-wheel drives — normally Oldcourt in Ballincollig bears all the hallmarks of modern, mundane life.

GARDAÍ believe a hitman was involved in the fatal shooting of a man on the outskirts of Cork city over the weekend.

Gardaí have named the victim of last night's fatal shooting in Cork city as 29-year-old Eric Cummins.