Four held over Dublin murder

Gardaí investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Dublin last February have arrested four men.

Gardaí investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Dublin last February have arrested four men.

Father-of-one Aidan Byrne (33), from Dublin’s north inner city, was shot 10 times in the passenger seat of a Toyota Corolla at Drumalee Avenue off the North Circular Road in Dublin on Saturday, February 20th.

The four men - three aged in their 20s and one in his 30s - were arrested in Dublin this morning.

They are being held under Section 50 Criminal Justice Act at the Bridewell, Pearse Street, Store Street and Mountjoy Garda stations.

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Byrne’s killing is believed to be related to the Sheriff Street feud involving jailed rapist and gangland boss Christie Griffin.

Byrne, a convicted rapist, served a five-year sentence for the rape of two prostitutes in a brothel in Capel Street in the 1990s. He was also implicated in an attempted robbery at Cocoon, the now defunct nightclub which was owned by Formula One driver Eddie Irvine.