The Gardaí have carried out nationwide searches following an investigation into an Organised Crime Gang based in Dublin's Cabra. The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB), The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Emergancy Response Units assisted in the armed searches. Gardaí from DMR West and Wexeford Division carried out 24 searches in Cabra, Finglas, Monkstown, Leixlip, Courtown and Gorey.

A man in his 30s has appear before Naas District Court, he was charged in connection to the investigation into the murder of Philip Finnegan . Philip Finnegan's body was found in Rahin Wood in Kildare on the 2nd of September 2016.