Today’s Irish Sun
Today’s Irish Sun carries a report saying that the chief suspect in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe has been spotted in Dundalk in recent days.
The 41-year-old father-of-two was shot dead in January 2013 during an armed raid at Lordship Credit Union.
The suspect is believed to be from the north and is said to have been involved in a number of high speed chases in the area, often fleeing back over the border to Co Down.
The front page of today’s Herald
As the first anniversary of his murder approaches this weekend, there are numerous reports in today’s paper about Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.
The Herald claims today that a suspect for the father of two’s murder has been quizzed by gardaí in Australia.
The newspaper reports that detectives travelled to Sydney, where a member of the five man gang who carried out the robbery at Lordship Credit Union on January 25th last, made a witness statement.
The suspect who fled his home in the North just months after the shocking murder is said to have provided “some level of co-operation”.
Meanwhile, the Irish Daily Star claims that one of the two suspects who fled to New York after the killing was home for a week at Christmas. It is believed one of this pair was the man who pulled the trigger that killed Garda Donohoe.
However, gardaí were unable to arrest him as he was north of the border with family.
Sources said that “major movement” is expected in the case in the coming months, with the three men who fled abroad due to be returned home and ongoing surveillance continuing on the other two men who are based in south Armagh.
Meanwhile, an anniversary mass for Garda Donohoe will take place at the Redemptorist Church tomorrow at 7.30pm.
A candlelight walk will also take place from Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan to the St Patrick’s GFC grounds on Saturday night.
The event gets under way at 9.15pm from the credit union, where there will be a short period of reflection followed by the walk to the GAA grounds – a club which Garda Donohoe was a proud member of.
The front page of today’s Star, with a report on one of the suspects being home for Christmas
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