Gardaí release three after 'Happy' Kelly murder

Gardaí tonight released three of five people they were questioning in relation to the murder of a teenager whose body was found dumped in a lake.

Four men and a woman were arrested in dawn raids yesterday over the killing of suspected gangland victim Richard “Happy” Kelly in east Co Clare.

Gardaí tonight released two males and one female from custody.

They were detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act at Killaloe and Ennis garda stations.

“Two males remain in custody at Shannon garda station,” a Garda spokesman said.

Richard, 17, from O’Malley Park in Limerick, vanished in April 2006.

His remains were discovered tied to a concrete block at the bottom of Lough Bridget, east Clare, last November.

It is believed he was killed by one of Limerick’s feuding gangs after being accused of stealing a car containing their drugs.