Gardaí have today arrested five people in relation to the death of a man (71) in Limerick city earlier this month.
James Boyce was found dead in his home at St Munchin’s Street in St Mary’s Park on March 7th. A former Army veteran, Mr Boyce had been beaten to death in his hallway before he was locked in his upstairs bedroom.
Two females, in their 20s and 30s, and three males, one in his 40s and two in their late teens, were arrested in the Limerick city area. Four are being held under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act and one under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
They are being detained at Garda Stations in the Limerick area.
Mr Boyce, who served with distinction as part of the UN forces in the Congo in 1961, was found after meals-on-wheels staff entered his home when he failed to answer the door and neighbours had become concerned.
He had received a UN medal for his military service after surviving an attack on a platoon of Irish soldiers while he was in the Congo.