Gardaí this evening appealed for information about the murder of a forklift driver in Dublin on the first anniversary of his death.
James Kavanagh (35) was stabbed to death outside the Irishtown House Pub in the south of the city in May last year while crowds of people drank inside.
Despite an intensive Garda investigation which involved several arrests and interviews with 355 people, his killer has not been found.
"The investigation team are now appealing for any person who may have any information relating to this killing to come forward now - no matter how trivial they feel the information may be," said a Garda spokesman.
Mr Kavanagh worked as a fork lift driver with a tyre company in Crumlin but was also known to be involved in drug dealing. However, local Gardai said it had still not been established if the motive for the killing was drug-related.
On the night of his death on May 31st last year, Mr Kavanagh was sitting in the passenger seat of a dark-coloured Nissan Maxima outside the Irishtown House pub at 11 pm. There were people drinking in the pub, smoking cigarettes outside and getting food from a nearby chip shop.
A man stopped to have a brief conversation with him and then stabbed him in the neck. He then walked down an alleyway beside the chip shop.
Mr Kavanagh was taken by car to the accident and emergency department at St Vincent's Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after midnight.
He lived in Bridge Street in Ringsend and had one teenage daughter. His parents and siblings still live in the neighbouring Ringsend area. Anyone with information can contact the Incident Room at Donnybrook Garda Station - (01 6669255), the Garda Confidential Line (1800 666111) or Crimestoppers (1800 250025)
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