Two men in their 20s have been arrested in connection with the murder of gangland boss Eamon Dunne, who was shot dead last month in a Dublin pub.
The men were arrested in the Dublin area this morning and are being held at Whitehall and Mountjoy Garda stations under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.
Two armed and masked men entered the Faussagh House in Cabra, north Dublin, by the front door at 10pm on Friday April 23rd. Dunne (34) was sitting at a table to the left of the door in a large group, including some of his gang members.
One of the gunmen walked over to Dunne, pushing people out of the way. He began shooting at Dunne from behind, discharging at least six shots from a 9mm automatic pistol. The killing was captured on CCTV inside the pub.
Dunne did not see the gunman approaching. As the first shots were discharged into his back he turned around into the gunfire and fell down dead. A postmortem confirmed he was shot six times in the back, head and face.
The second gunman, who was armed with a revolver, stood just inside the pub door with his gun at the ready to shoot anybody who tried to lunge at the gunman.
The attack was over in seconds and the gunmen ran out the front door.
A third masked man stood at the door to prevent anybody entering the pub while the attack took place while a fourth man, the getaway driver, stayed in the getaway vehicle.
Dunne was shot while attending a 40th birthday party. He did not usually drink in the Faussagh House and gardaí believe somebody close to him supplied information of his whereabouts to the killer.
The gunman knew exactly what part of the pub Dunne was in. Gardaí believe the killers may have sent somebody into the pub to confirm for the gunmen exactly where Dunne was sitting so the attack could be carried out very quickly and without warning.