Two women and a man were arrested yesterday as gardaí close the net on those behind the spate of gangland murders in Dublin’s north inner city.

A Garda chief has said he is “absolutely confident” that investigations into four murders in his area will be successful.

Fifteen men were yesterday arrested at the funeral of a dissident republican in Northern Ireland.

Gardaí suspect dissident republican Michael Barr was shot dead because it was believed by the Kinahan cartel he provided a “safe house” to one of the gunmen in the Regency Hotel attack.

Fears are growing among local residents after a suspected dissident republican was murdered in his pub in the first of two gun killings in Dublin within hours of each other last night.

Gardaí are investigating two murders in Dublin in the latest spate of violence in the city.

Investigations have been launched into two fatal shootings in Dublin overnight.

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A judge has jailed “a cowboy of the worst kind” for four months after the Co Clare man was “involved in sabotaging Irish agriculture”.