Fatal shooting two years ago linked to ongoing Kinahan-Hutch feud
Gardaí believe Mr Kirwan was closely linked to criminals on both sides of the feud and that his attending the Eddie Hutch funeral angered those on the Kinahan side.
When his son was shot dead 12 months later gardai suspected the men who killed his father feared reprisals from Kane McCormack and so murdered him. The man being questioned on Wednesday is in his 40s and was arrested in Dublin under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. His is the second arrest, coming as it does following the arrest of a man in his 20s last December. To date nobody has been charged in connection with the murder.When McCormack, who was linked to dissident republicans, did not return and nothing was heard from him, his partner contacted the Garda early the following day to report him missing.
Hours later his body was found on farm land by a woman walking at Walterstown near the Meath-Kildare border. He had been shot in the head.He had parked his silver 04 D Peugeot 307 hatchback at the Aldi supermarket car park in Clonee Village at 5pm on Friday. He was then driven off in a black saloon type car which drove towards
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