Drugs link to father-of-one's murder probed

Gardaí were tonight investigating a possible drugs link to the murder of a father-of-one who was shot dead in north Dublin a year and a half after a friend disappeared.

James Purdue, 22, was gunned down as he returned to the apartment where his girlfriend and three-year-old daughter lived at the Grattan Wood complex on Hole-in-the-Wall Road, Donaghmede early this morning.