‘I don’t know why it happened. He hated drugs’

THE widow of the man whose body was found on Monday in the Dublin mountains after being shot in the head said he was an anti-drugs activist and had nothing to do with paramilitary organisations.

Bernadette Byrne acknowledged her husband Stephen had been in trouble before but insisted he was a good man.

Stephen Byrne died after being shot once in the back of the head. The 39-year-old was killed by either a hitman or the Provisional IRA, according to garda sources.