Gardaí release man questioned over murder of Limerick crime boss

The scene in Drombana, Co Limerick where Kieran Keane was murdered and Owen Treacy seriously wounded in 2003. File picture

Gardaí in Limerick have released without charge a man arrested yesterday in connection with the 2003 murder of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of his nephew Owen Treacy.

The man, aged in his 40s, was arrested on Tuesday morning “under a warrant issued by a Judge of the District Court and was brought to Roxboro Road Garda Station, Limerick“ and “detained under the provisions of Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1999”, gardaí said.