Gardaí at a site in Rathfarnham, where they began a search relating to the murder of Liam Murray. Photo: Colin Keegan/Collins

Gardaí at a site in Rathfarnham, where they began a search relating to the murder of Liam Murray. Photo: Colin Keegan/Collins

Robin Schiller and Ken Foy

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In the months and years before being shot dead in the bedroom of his south Dublin home, Liam ‘Blackie’ Murray, who had survived a previous attempt on his life, was subjected to repeated threats.

A dispute over a property purchase has long been seen as a possible mot­ive for the murder with a well-known businessman and a former IRA bomber identified as the main suspects in both the threats and the murder itself.