Gardai investigating the murder of Sean McCarthy have recovered what they suspect was the gun used to kill him.
Sources have told us that gardai have recovered a gun that is now undergoing forensic analysis to confirm whether it was the weapon used to murder the Ballymun native at an apartment in Drumcondra in recent days.
The body of Mr McCarthy, 28, who was a known low-level drug dealer, was discovered at the apartment on Achill Road on Saturday - five days after he went missing.