No charges yet in McKeown case
Over a dozen individuals including juveniles and a female have been arrested in relation to the death of the 29-year-old unemployed barber.
But no one has been charged in relation to this investigation which is ?actively being investigated? by gardaí.
Darren McKeown, New Heights, Donore, was found with serious head injuries in the driveway of a house in Rowan Heights just after 3am.
He was rushed first to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, and then to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, but died of his injuries.
Appealing for more information from the general public, Superintendent Gerry Smith says gardaí are actively investigating Mr McKeown?s death.There is someone out there who can help us with this investigation and we are appealing to them to come forward or else contact us at Drogheda Garda Station as soon as possible.?
Huge crowds of people attended Mr McKeown?s funeral which took place in Donore where he was living at the time of his death.
At the time of his funeral, Drogheda Mayor Anthony Donohoe said the 2007 homicide figures were ?not the kind of statistics? he wanted ?to see attached to our town?.
Mr Donohue sympathisied with the families and friends of the deceased. He noted that a number of incidents occurred in the early hours of the morning.
Councillor Paul Bell also said that ?Christmas 2007 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons?.
He also said the ?close-knit communities of Rathmullen Park and Rowan Heights were deeply saddened by the violent deaths of two young men over the holiday period.?
