GARDAI investigating the murder of the Dublin civil servant, Marilyn Rynn, say they still have no definite lines of inquiry despite new information received this week A "reliable witness" has confirmed that Ms Rynn did take a Nitelink bus home to Blanchardstown in the early hours of December 22nd.
The information did not represent a "breakthrough", but did rule out the possibility that she may have been killed elsewhere, detectives in Cabra station said yesterday. The bus was one of three Nitelinks which left Dublin city centre after 3 a.m. The investigating team of more than 70 gardai would be focusing again on the parkland area where Ms Rynn's body was found on January 7th, a spokesman said.
More than 60 people interviewed have been eliminated from inquiries. DNA testing is central to the case, as a sample of semen was recovered from Ms Rynn's body. Last week, the gardai said that they were seeking to interview a man who had been receiving psychiatric treatment since Christmas, and who is understood to have been known to Ms Rynn. However, the significance of this was being played down in Cabra.
Meanwhile, gardai in Coolock, Dublin, said that they had received a good response to their appeal for information in relation to the murder of Gerry Lee (31), the Dublin drug dealer and robber who was shot dead at around 7 a.m. at his home on March 9th. They are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time to contact the incident room number on (01) 8480633 or the Garda confidential telephone line on 1-800-666-111.
In Co Wicklow, Garda forensic experts were still carrying out technical examinations yesterday on the" car of the Arklow publican, Mr Thomas Nevin, who suffered a fatal shotgun wound during a robbery at his premises, Jack White's pub near Wicklow town on Tuesday morning.
The robbers are believed to have escaped in two cars, one of which was Mr Nevin's Opel. It was found abandoned off Leeson Street, Dublin, on Tuesday evening. Another car found in Glencree, Co Wicklow, which had been reported stolen, was also being examined.
Mr Nevin was buried yesterday at Barndarrig Cemetery, a short distance from his home. His widow, Catherine, and his mother, Nora, were comforted by other family members and friends.