Cork Gardaí question six in connection with dissident activities

Six people have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of dissident republicans and the murder of Gerard Staunton in Cork a year ago.

The 43-year-old was shot on front of his partner and two young children outside his home in Wilton in Cork City on January 20, last year.

The five men - one in his 20s, two in their 30s, one in his 40s, and another in his 50s - and a woman in her 20s were arrested across Cork city and county this morning and are being questioned at Mayfield, Togher, Gurranabraher and the Bridewell Garda Stations.

They are being detained under section 30 of the Offences agains the State Act.