Garda hunt for killers of dissident and gangland figure

Two murder investigations are under way following a fatal beating of a dissident republican in Kildare and the death of a gangland figure in Dublin.

Larry Keane, known as ‘Bomber’, died after receiving a serious blow to his head while walking home in Athy at around midnight on Thursday.

The 56-year-old was caught with a massive car bomb at Dun Laoghaire Port in April 1998. Gardaí believe it was going to be detonated it at Aintree Grand National.