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FIVE people arrested in connection with the death of Richard ‘Happy’ Kelly, whose body was found in Clare last year, were subsequently released from garda custody.
The five were arrested last Tues- day in Limerick in connection with the abduction and murder of the 17- year-old. His body was discovered in Lough Brigid, close to O’Callaghan’s Mills, in November 2007. His body had been weighed down by blocks.
He was last seen alive in April 2006.
The five arrested – four men and a woman, aged between 20 and 36 – were detained at Ennis, Killaloe and Shannon garda stations.
Three were released on Wednesday and the remaining two the following day.
A file is being prepared for the Di- rector of Public Prosecutions.
These were the first arrests in the investigation which is being led by gardai in the Killaloe district.