14 men arrested atBarr funeral
The 35-year-old Strabane republican was being laid to rest after his murder in a pub in Dublin on Monday, April 25.
Mr Barr was shot dead in the Sunset House in Summerhill.
According to Gardaí two men entered the public house shortly after 9.30pm, one of these men discharged a firearm, fatally injuring Mr Barr who was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Hide Ad“It has been confirmed that the 35-year-old man shot dead in the Sunset House bar in Dublin yesterday evening by cowardly criminals was IRA Volunteer Michael Barr, originally from the County Tyrone town of Strabane.
“Tragically taken from his family and young children, my thoughts are with them, his friends and comrades at this time,” it read.