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08th May 2019

Man arrested in connection with murder of Eamon Kelly in 2012

Dave Hanratty

Eamon Kelly was killed in December of 2012.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Eamon Kelly in Dublin in 2012 have arrested a man in connection with the killing.

Kelly, a high profile gangland figure, was shot four times while walking on Furry Park Road in Dublin 5 on Tuesday 4 December, 2012.

In May of 2015, 35-year-old Sean Connolly pleaded guilty to Kelly’s murder and was jailed for life.

On Wednesday morning (8 May, 2019), Gardaí arrested and formally charged a man aged in his 40s in connection with the killing.

The unnamed man appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice on the same morning.

Investigations are ongoing.

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