An application by the State to reactivate a suspended sentence given to a 18-year-old last year after he drove a stolen car during a high-speed Garda chase has been rejected by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a father-of-one in Dublin’s north inner city on St Stephen’s night today appealed for a taxi driver who had been working in the area to come forward.

GARDAÍ yesterday said they were convinced that the man shot dead in Dublin’s north inner city last Wednesday was the innocent victim of a revenge attack for a murder in the area two weeks ago.

GARDAÍ yesterday began identifying and interviewing every person who met Stephen Ledden in the days leading up to his murder, in Dublin’s north inner city early, on Wednesday morning.

Officers running the investigation into the death of Stephen Ledden at Oriel Street yesterday are looking into whether the killing could have been in retaliation for the death of Gerard Bath Byrne.