Gardai have yet to question two men whom they have for almost three decades suspected of being part of an IRA gang that murdered Limerick Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, in Adare, 27 years ago today.
Around the time of the June 7, 1996 killing, the two men left Ireland and travelled to Central America and Europe.
Despite Gardai monitoring the men's movements over the years, neither man has been spoken to by gardai about the Adare atrocity, sources familiar with the investigation have said.