Monday 18 January, 2021
Gardaí believe the murder was part of the ongoing feud between criminal gangs in Drogheda.
Keith Brannigan was shot dead while working on decking at the front a caravan in Clogherhead.
It is understood the shooting is related to the ongoing feud in nearby Drogheda.
A man, in his early 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident was reported after 5pm this afternoon.
The Clogherhead post office was robbed in May.
They fled the scene in a car, which was later found on fire in a field.
Two other men remain in custody.
Gardaí confronted armed men in Louth and arrested a man after a struggle.
It has been established that the burnt-out Passat discovered in Armagh was stolen from Clogherhead last Wednesday morning.
Gardaí are investigating if the body is that of a man who went missing off a trawler near Clogherhead in January
The helicopters and naval vessel are to start their search from 8.15am.
Boats and a helicopter joined the search this afternoon after the man went missing from a boat off the Louth coast.
A significant quantity of firearms, and equipment commonly found in bomb timers, is discovered in Clogherhead.
A body is found by diving crews searching for a fisherman who went missing when his trawler stopped overnight in Cork.
