Two questioned over ex-garda's death released without charge

The two men questioned at Carrickmacross Garda station in connection with the murder of former Detective Garda John Kerins at his Bailieborough home last year were released without charge last night.

Kerins (49) was found shot dead at his home in Cornaveagh on the outskirts of Bailieborough on the November 9, 2012.

Meanwhile, the search at the house of murdered former Garda John Kerins for the body of missing man Gerry Daly ended this afternoon without any recovery.

Gardaí today finished digging up the back patio in Kerins' Cornaveagh home - where he was murdered last November. At the time of his death Kerins was a known associate of drug-dealers and had INLA connections.

It had been thought that Kerins was hiding the buried body of Daly for the vicious gang at his home but that particular theory has now been discarded. The search for the body of the Tallaght-native continues.