Overview
- Gardaí arrested a woman in her 60s in the North West in connection with the 2008 shooting of Andrew Burns near Donnyloop Church.
- The woman is being detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939, which allows questioning in serious cases linked to state security.
- Detectives appealed for anyone with information to come forward, with a specific focus on the occupant or occupants of a red van seen in Donnyloop around 7pm on February 12, 2008.
- One person has already been convicted of Burns’s murder and is serving a life sentence, but Gardaí have long said several people were involved.
- A Family Liaison Officer is supporting Burns’s relatives, and Gardaí urged tips to Letterkenny Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line.