Gardaí in Cork investigating the murder of Gerard Staunton a year ago have seized ammunition, phones, documentation and computers.

Six people have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of dissident republicans and the murder of Gerard Staunton in Cork a year ago.

Six people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the murder of Gerard Staunton in Cork a year ago.

DISSIDENT Republicans pose a “real threat” to police forces and innocent bystanders, according to Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy.

THE Real IRA is “muscling” its way into communities and stepping up its campaign against drug dealers, according to gardaí and community activists.

DRUGS, cash and imitation firearms were seized during a Garda crackdown on dissident and criminal activity in Cork.

GARDAÍ have issued a fresh appeal for information about the movements of a red van which was used by the gunman who killed a Cork drugs dealer on Wednesday, January 20.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said yesterday officers were taking seriously a claim by dissident republicans they were involved in the murder of Cork criminal Gerard Staunton.

A group claiming to be the Real IRA has declared it was responsible for the murder of Gerard Staunton in the Cork suburb of Wilton last week.

A team of at least 40 detectives have joined forces in the hunt for the gunman who fatally shot a 41-year-old man Cork on Wednesday.

A TEAM of 40 detectives aided by other Garda specialist units are trying to solve the killing of a 41-year-old Cork man.

THE murder of Gerard “Topper” Staunton is only the fifth gangland killing to occur in Cork, but the fifth nationally this month.

Detectives were tonight hunting a lone gunman after a 41-year-old man was killed in a suspected drugs-related shooting – the fifth gun death in Ireland since the start of the year.