Motive sought for gun killing

GARDAÍ yesterday began identifying and interviewing every person who met Stephen Ledden in the days leading up to his murder, in Dublin’s north inner city early, on Wednesday morning.

Senior officers are trying to unravel a motive behind the murder — the 27th gun death this year — and to uncover the identity of likely killers.

Detectives are examining whether Mr Ledden — the father of a two-month-old baby — was shot dead in retaliation for the murder of Gerard Byrne, in the same area, on December 13.