Murdered man linked to drugs

GARDAÍ said last night there was no breakthrough into the murder of a Dublin man whose body was found dumped on Friday in the Wicklow Gap.

Murdered man linked to drugs

The victim, who suffered a gun wound to the head, was believed to have a link to a drugs gang but was not regarded by gardaí as a major criminal.

The body of Owen McCarthy from Ashwood Park, Clondalkin, was found at 7.40am by a passing motorist on the roadside at Annalecka Bridge, Ballinagee on the main Hollywood to Glendalough Road.

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