Cars may yield clues in search for Aidan O’Driscoll's killers

Gardaí hunting the killers of former Real IRA boss Aidan O’Driscoll hope to glean vital forensic evidence from two getaway cars after botched attempts to burn them out.

Detectives involved in the murder investigation were still gathering CCTV and witness statements yesterday in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in Blackpool, on the northern outskirts of Cork City.

They are also awaiting the outcome of forensics and ballistics tests on one bullet casing recovered from the scene of the shooting on the Old Commons Road, and four bullets recovered from O’Driscoll’s body during Thursday’s autopsy.