GARDAI have been granted a further period of 72 hours to detain and question six people in relation to a double murder in Southill last Sunday. Chief Supt Dave Sheahan told a sitting of Limerick District Court that the investigation into the shootings was a “complex and extensive” one. Over 100 gardai are involved in the criminal investigation, where over 1,600 hours of CCTV footage is being examined from 30 plus systems.
Forensic and scientific analysis is ongoing and almost 400 houses have been called to by gardai and up to 600 people have been interviewed.
Two prime suspects, as well as four others, have been detained following the granting of the period of detention by Judge O’Donnell as they continue to investigate them under the suspicion of murder and withholding relevant information pertaining to the investigation.
