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Byrner
04-08-2008, 08:14 AM
The body found on waste ground near Limerick City yesterday remains at the scene pending further technical examination.

A post mortem examination will be carried out later today.

The victim was found in a shallow grave near the city's railway line adjacent to Hyde Road yesterday.

It was discovered by a team of gardaí searching for firearms and weapons in the area.

State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy carried out a preliminary examination last night and the forensic examination of the extensive area where the body was found also continued for much of yesterday evening.

A post mortem examination to establish the exact cause of death will get under way later today.

Gardaí will not speculate on whether this is another feud-related death until they have all the forensic and post mortem results.

It comes just two days after 40-year-old Mark Maloney was shot dead near his home in Garryowen last Saturday.

An 18-year-old who was arrested in connection with a shooting at a house in Southill last Saturday morning is still being questioned by gardaí at Roxboro. His detention was extended yesterday.

Gardaí believe there may be a link between that shooting and the murder later that afternoon of Mark Maloney.

News Source: http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0408/limerick.html