Gardaí expected to charge 'paranoid' man with murder of teenager Conor O’Brien

A man suspected of the murder of Conor O’Brien is being questioned after he showed off a gun at a pub in Carlow Town on Tuesday night
Conor O'Brien was found dead at a house in Co. Meath having sustained a gunshot wound.

Conor O'Brien was found dead at a house in Co. Meath having sustained a gunshot wound.

Charges are expected soon in relation to the shooting dead of an innocent teenager outside a house in Co Meath last Thursday week.

A man suspected of the murder of Conor O’Brien is being questioned after he showed off a gun at a pub in Carlow Town on Tuesday night. When the firearm was subject to ballistic and other tests it revealed it was the same weapon that was used in the shooting of the 19-year-old.

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