Suspect in pub feud shooting questioned
The man - believed to be a member of the IRA - had been in hiding since the shooting dead of James Curran on April 3.
The 42-year-old champion kick-boxer was shot in the head as he sat in the Green Lizard pub on Francis St in the south inner city.
His assassin, who had been in and out of the pub that night, did not attempt to hide his identity when he gunned down the father-of-one.
Detectives have since arrested 10 other people in relation to the investigation.
They picked up this latest suspect for the shooting on Saturday as he attended a funeral in the city.
The man, aged in his 40s, was taken to Kevin St Garda Station, where he was detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. His period of detention was extended 24 hours yesterday afternoon.
Gardaí believe Curran was murdered as a result of a personal row and was not the victim of a gangland feud.
It is understood the killer had been involved in anti-drug activities and that Curran may have made a number of damaging accusations about him.
It emerged yesterday that Curran's girlfriend Susan Moran had previously lost a husband in a gangland murder. Gerard Moran was shot twice by a lone gunman at the back of Quinn's Pub in Drumcondra, north Dublin, in 1998.
"Jimmy was my knight in shining armour after Gerard was murdered," she told Star Sunday. "Now I've lost him as well. It is a nightmare all over again."
Despite claims of intimidation in the area, gardaí said they have had good co-operation from most of the people in the bar.
Meanwhile, gardaí investigating the gangland murder of Terry Dunleavy last Thursday night in Dublin city said they were still in the early stages of the inquiry and were conducting house-to-house inquiries.
A garda said they were investigating all possible motives, including that the murder was in revenge for one of a number of shootings Dunleavy carried out.
The 27-year-old convicted armed robber was involved in the drugs trade, but was not a major dealer.
Gardaí yesterday issued a fresh appeal in identifying the body of a black man found in Dublin's Royal Canal near Ballybough Road on March 30.
Gardaí recovered parts of the man's dismembered body but not his head.
Officers found a pair of Primark underpants, an Irish soccer jersey and a pair of socks at the scene. Gardaí are hopeful of establishing where the man came from through scientific tests at top universities.
Detectives have sought advice from Scotland Yard regarding its investigation into a ritualistic killing in London, involving the headless body of a child.
