Gardaí appeal over two Cork murders

Gardaí have made a fresh appeal for information on two unsolved murders in Cork.

Gardaí have made a fresh appeal for information on two unsolved murders in Cork.

Kieran O'Flynn (39) died on June 7th, 2001, after a gunman fired four shots through the door of his house at Thorndale, Dublin Hill, in Cork.

Mr O'Flynn was responding to a knock at the front door when he was shot dead by a gunman wearing a balaclava.

Gardaí believe two men were involved in the murder and that Mr O'Flynn, who had served a prison sentence for importing cannabis resin, was shot with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun or pistol.

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A number of people were arrested, but no one had been charged, although the file on the killing remained open.

Gardaí are also appealing for information on the murder of Mr O'Flynn's brother-in-law, Michael Crinnion, who was shot in the doorway of the Clannad bar in Barrack Street, Cork, on April 8th, 1995.

Crinnion was assassinated after he was lured out of a pub to take a phone call.

He was one of the most feared people in Cork's drugs underworld, and despite arrests by gardaí, no one has ever been charged with his killing.