Gardai have arrested three people in connection with the fatal shooting of Wayne Whelan in Lucan last month.
Two men and a woman were arrested by gardai this morning and are being held in Dublin garda stations.
Whelan, 42, was shot in the back of the head on November 18 and the car his body was in was then set alight in the Mount Andrew estate at around 8.15pm.
The Ireland v Denmark soccer game was taking place while the vicious killing was carried out.
It’s understood the victim had been lured to his death by someone he knew - and shot in the head.
In September Whelan survived an earlier bid on his life when a gunman sprayed ten bullets through his windscreen, hitting him several times.
At the time detectives believe Whelan was targeted as revenge for killing Lynch.
Whelan was also a suspect in the murder of violent criminal Mark ‘the Guinea Pig’ Desmond,41, blasted to death three years ago.
Detectives believe he was behind the hit on drug dealer David ‘Chen’ Lynch, 42, gunned down in broad daylight on March 1 in the Foxdene area of Lucan.
A garda spokesman said: "Gardaí have arrested two males and a female, Thursday 12th December 2019 in relation to the fatal shooting of a male in Lucan on 18th November 2019.
"Both males are being detained under the provisions of section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007, while the female is detained under the provisions of section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939. All three are currently being detained at Dublin Garda Stations.
"No further information is available at this time."
