240 gang murders remain unsolved

More than 240 murders committed by criminal gangs remain unsolved, it has been claimed.

Figures compiled by RTÉ’s Prime Time programme showed that, in the past 10 years, there have been more than 130 gangland murders which have not been solved, and, from 1980 to the present day, the killers in 240 such murders were never caught.

The programme, broadcast last night, featured a number of relatives who told of how the thought of their loved ones’ killers still being on the loose added to their grief.