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Gardaí on alert as suspected gunman in Gary Carey murder freed from prison
Criminal parties at dance music event after his release from jail
The scene of the shooting and (inset) Gary 'The Canary' Carey
Gardaí are closely monitoring the activities of a volatile criminal who is the suspected gunman in the murder of gangland figure Gary 'The Canary' Carey three years ago.
The dangerous Dublin criminal who has almost 150 criminal convictions was recently released from jail and celebrated by attending a dance music event with friends at the weekend.
His latest sentence was for his role in a mob attack on unarmed gardaí.
The burly gangster, who is considered to be one of Ireland's most violent criminals, spent over two years in jail after this conviction.
The suspected gunman was one of five people - two males and three females, including a woman who was well known to Carey – who have been arrested by detectives investigating the brutal shooting.
One of the women is suspected of leaking details of his movements to the gang who killed him.
In the suspected gunman's case, he was arrested by gardaí in 2023 in Mountjoy Prison.
A file has been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) who is expected to make a decision on the case in the coming months.
Sources say that there is 'serious concern' for local gardaí that the west Dublin criminal is now back on the streets as he has been involved in serious violent crime since he was a juvenile.
His string of previous convictions include robbery, aggravated burglary and road traffic offences.
He is strongly linked to veteran gang boss Derek 'Dee Dee' O'Driscoll whose associates are suspected of ordering the murder of notorious criminal Carey who died six weeks after being shot multiple times in an underground car park in Kilmainham, south Dublin.
Father-of-three Carey (41) was discovered in a serious condition in the underground car park of the Hilton Hotel by staff before being rushed to hospital on June 24, 2022.
He was told 'the argument was now over and he was safe to come home'
Carey died from his injuries at St James's Hospital on August 5 that year and the case has been the subject of an investigation by Kilmainham gardaí.
A line of inquiry in the investigation is that Carey, who had been hiding out in Spain, was lured back to Dublin when a senior gangster he had been in dispute with over money and drugs turf told him 'the argument was now over and he was safe to come home', according to sources.
However, just hours after coming back home, he was the victim of a fatal shooting which was the third time Carey was shot within a 15-month period.
In March 2021, Carey escaped serious injury when a bullet grazed his head in an incident in Ballyfermot, west Dublin.
Eight months later, 'The Canary' who was from Islandbridge, Dublin, was lucky to survive after he was shot outside a house in Ballyfermot.
Last month, Finglas criminal Patrick 'Fishy' Fitzgerald was jailed for seven years on organised crime charges for providing getaway cars for the gang who unsuccessfully attempted to murder Carey at Ballyfermot Parade on November 17, 2021.
On that occasion, Carey sustained two gunshot wounds to his torso when his car was blocked in.
Carey fled from the vehicle, ran back through the house and climbed over a wall in the rear garden of another property where he remained until gardaí and ambulance crews arrived.
The scene of the shooting and (inset) Gary 'The Canary' Carey
News in 90 Seconds - Tuesday, July 29
