Two arrested over Dublin murder

A man in his late 20s and a woman in her teens have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man earlier this year.

A man in his late 20s and a woman in her teens have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man earlier this year.

Peter Gunn (29) was found in a ditch at Dunsoghly Lane close to the N2 on January 15th. The dead man had gone missing on a night out in the north inner city almost two weeks prior to the discovery of his body.

The body had been dumped on the side of Dunsoghly Lane, a minor roadway in the Ward leading to Finglas and close to the Brock Inn pub.

A postmortem examination concluded the father-of-two Dublin had been stabbed to death. He had been dead for a number of days and gardaí believe he was most likely killed on the night he was last seen and his remains then dumped.

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The dead man, from Larkhill Road, Whitehall, north Dublin, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday, January 4th at Summerhill, Dublin. He had earlier met friends in a pub on Parnell Street.

Gardaí had initially believed his murder was not linked to gangland crime, although they did not ruled out the possibility that he was killed in a row with somebody involved in the drugs trade.

The man and woman were arrested in the north inner city this morning and are currently being held at Finglas and Cabra Garda Sations under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.