THE Garda probe into the gangland-style execution of a convicted drug dealer in Cork city earlier this year is still very active, Cork City Coroner’s Court was told yesterday.

VIGILANTES who claimed responsibility for a gun murder in Cork last month have threatened to kill other drug dealers in the city.

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.

GARDAÍ searching for the killer of a convicted Cork drugs dealer believe the van used by the gunman avoided main roads during the getaway.

THE gunman who shot dead a 41-year-old convicted drugs dealer with his partner and her two children just inches away showed a “callous and brutal disregard for human life”, according to investigating gardaí.