A Dublin mechanic who was shot dead in his home in Rathfarnham in 2009 had been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation in the years before his death, an inquest has heard. The other person also claimed he had saved Mr Murray from being killed a couple of weeks earlier, said Mr Harmon. When he heard of Mr Murray’s death, Mr Kavanagh said he immediately thought he had been murdered as he had “annoyed so many people” and had easily started confrontations with strangers. When he pulled back a duvet, he saw Mr Murray with a gunshot wound over his right eye. In October 2018 the High Court refused an application by Mr Murray’s family for access to the file claiming there was no basis to do so.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2020 18:22 UTC