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Gardaí confident they will bring Michael Keogh's killers to justice

Gardaí have also said they believe they have stopped at least 20 feud murders.

SENIOR GARDAÍ HAVE said they are confident that those who killed Michael Keogh on Dorset Street yesterday will be caught.

Keogh, an associate of the Kinahan cartel, was shot a number of times as he sat in his car on Sheridan Court in the north inner city yesterday morning.

Gardaí believe he was targeted for a number of reasons including his links to the suspected killer of Gareth Hutch. He had also been accused of intimidating innocent members of the Hutch family in the weeks prior to his murder.

Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll said that while Keogh’s gangland murder was the first of its kind of this year, gardaí believe they have the necessary tools to arrest his killer.

Speaking on RTE Radio One this afternoon, O’Driscoll said that while this latest murder was “regrettable”, gardaí have been working around the clock since the Regency Hotel murder in February 2016.

“There has been continuous intervention where there have been attempts to murder… it is just regrettable on this occasion that we didn’t get there first.

“While it is regrettable that we have had this, the first gangland murder in Dublin this year, the investigation team based in Mountjoy and those assisting from around the Dublin Metropolitan Region have built up a level of experience.

Based on what I am aware of, I am satisfied that we will have a successful outcome in terms of identifying the culprits and bringing them to justice in this case.

O’Driscoll added that he was confident gardaí had stopped at least 20 murders in the capital. However, he would not be drawn on how many people are currently at risk.

“At times, firearms that we have seized have been loaded for attempted assassinations. We have seized sub-machine guns, assault rifles and arrested people who were about to commit a murder.

“I would be absolutely certain that it is in excess of 20.”

Read: Man shot dead in Dublin was accused of ‘burning out homes of Hutch family members’ >

Read: ‘Please, please come to the table’ – Hutch-Kinahan feud likely claims another victim >

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    Sep 7th 2014, 8:26 AM

    The last one is the new library on Broad Street Birmingham City Centre.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 8:34 AM

    You can see the parts of the world where the most ambitious building projects are happening today are not Europe or the US. Obviously connected to economics, but also national self confidence?

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    Sep 7th 2014, 9:15 AM

    Scandinavia still has a few ambitious building projects.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 10:52 AM

    Maybe one/two but bulk seem to be Australasia and emerging economies

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    Sep 7th 2014, 8:18 AM

    Is there a single modern Irish building worthy of a postcard? The only structure that comes to mind is the Harp Bridge in Dublin. The proposed new Liberty Hall / ESB head office must tie for joint last place on any awards list.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 8:31 AM

    The criminal courts on Parkgate street is a pretty class building.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 8:38 AM

    The new Dun Laoghaire library

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    Sep 7th 2014, 8:48 AM

    The new Dun Laoghaire library is not original….

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    Sep 7th 2014, 8:53 AM

    Music and Dance building in UL Limerick!

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    Sep 7th 2014, 9:03 AM

    The Irish lights HQ in Dun Laoghaire looks great.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 10:27 AM

    My vote would go the Hong Kong, The UK space building looks like total shite.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 10:51 AM

    Would our enlightened planners allow any of these to be built? Did I just enlightened and planner, bit of an oxymoron!

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    Sep 7th 2014, 9:17 AM

    The National Lifeguard Training Centre in Tramore will be class when finished.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 10:22 AM

    Why does RTE stay quiet on the Library building in Dun Laghoire. ?? Nothing reported.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 12:49 PM

    The first building is breath taking.

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    Sep 7th 2014, 1:33 PM

    Wow there must be money in Buddhism, fab building

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    Sep 7th 2014, 1:43 PM

    Seriously…check out the Mexican house…looks a bit Frank Lloyd Wright…there’s a figure of a girl beside the road on the left, in exactly the same position as Christine Olsen in ‘Christina’s World’ by Andrew Wyeth. Might even be photoshopped in, I suppose.

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