Five remain in custody following fatal Meath shooting

Five men remain in garda custody this morning in relation to a fatal shooting in Co Meath yesterday.

Thu, 07 Mar, 2013 - 07:15

Five men remain in garda custody this morning in relation to a fatal shooting in Co Meath yesterday.

Father of three, Peter Butterly from Dunleer in Co Louth, was shot dead at around half two as he sat in a car outside the Huntsman Inn bar near Gormanstown.

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