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 man murdered in a gangland-style attack in Cork last week will be laid to rest today.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of Ger ‘Topper’ Staunton in Cork city last week have appealed for a woman spotted near the scene around the time of the shooting to come forward.

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.

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

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.

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was shot dead in Cork last night.