Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Ger McMahon in Ballinacurra Weston last week.
Two men in their 20s were arrested this afternoon in the Limerick area. They are both detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at Roxboro Road and Mayorstone Garda Stations.
A man in his 30s was arrested yesterday afternoon and is detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939, at Bruff Garda station.
This brings to six the number of people arrested in relation to the investigation.
Mr McMahon (43) was found with a number of stab wounds outside a house at Lenihan Avenue on January 18th. He was taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital where he later died.