A potential suspect yesterday emerged in the hunt for the killer of an Ennis hackney driver, Mr Liam Moloney (56).
A number of witnesses have told gardaí that they saw a hooded man acting suspiciously in front of Mr Moloney's home and workplace last Friday night in the hour before his murder.
Issuing an appeal for information in relation to the man, the senior garda leading the investigation, Supt John Kerin, confirmed that the man was a potential suspect in Mr Moloney's murder.
On the seventh day of the investigation, Supt Kerin said: "This man is now very central to our investigation, and my belief is that the sighting of this man by a number of people is extremely significant and as important as finding the knife that was used to kill Mr Moloney."
Mr Moloney was murdered in his cab between 7.30 and 8.20 p.m. on Friday, February 11th, suffering multiple stab wounds.