A known associate of slain gangster Robbie Lawlor continued to be questioned last night by gardai investigating the murder of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods.
The suspect, in his 20s, was arrested on Saturday afternoon in a Dublin prison where he is on remand for a serious assault.
He is being questioned on suspicion of aiding killers to dispose of the head, hands and feet of murdered Keane.
Tragic Keane had been lured to a house in Drogheda on January 12 last year and murdered before his limbs were thrown from a car in the Moatview area of Dublin’s Coolock.
Two days later Keane’s head, hands and feet were recovered from a burning car in a laneway near Croke Park.
This suspect’s arrest comes as three men arrested earlier in the week were released on Saturday without charge.
One of those men is also a close associate of murdered drug trafficker Richie Carberry and a close pal of slain Lawlor - who gardai believe carried out the gruesome murder of the teen. Lawlor was shot dead in April 2020 outside a house in Belfast.
Drug trafficker Carberry, 39, was shot dead in November 2019 outside his home in Bettystown, Co Meath as part of the ongoing Drogheda feud.
A file is now being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to those three men, who are in their 20s, 40s and 50s.
Tragic Keane's torso remained missing for over a year but gardai made a breakthrough in March when they received a crucial tip-off from a man who came forward.
A massive search of waste ground in Rathmullen in Drogheda commenced and gardai recovered the partial skeletal remains which were later confirmed to be Keane's.
Keane’s horror murder was linked to the Drogheda feud which claimed up to four lives and has seen dozens of shootings, assaults and petrol bomb attacks over the past three years.
