Seven people were arrested this morning in connection with the gangland-style murder of a man in Dublin last March.
The five men and two women, who are all in their twenties, were arrested at their homes in the Clondalkin and Ballyfermot area between 7.00 and 8.00 a.m.
They are being held at a number of west Dublin Garda stations under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.
Mr Brendan Cox (40), Cleggan Road, Ballyfermot, was shot twice in the back with a pump-action shotgun as he fled from an attacker along Clifton Road on Sunday, March 7th. He was taken to St James's Hospital where he died a short time later.
The murder was witnessed by a large number of children playing in the neighbourhood.
Mr Cox was known to local gardaí, having had a number of convictions.