Fresh lead comes to light in Ennis murder as hackney driver laid to rest

NEW information about the vicious murder of the Clare hackney driver came to light yesterday as the victim, Liam Moloney, was buried in Ennis.

As the huge investigation continues, gardaí yesterday narrowed the time gap in the sequence of events from the time Liam Moloney was last seen alive and the discovery of his abandoned car, from 30 hours to just 50 minutes.

Gardaí said a previously unreported sighting of Mr Moloney in Ennis on Friday night has been confirmed. They have also established that his bloodstained car was parked behind a pub in Barefield at 8.20pm on Friday, narrowing the gap between the last sighting of Mr Moloney and discover of his abandoned Mazda to 50 minutes.