The flute band named after Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in Dublin last September, led an Easter republican commemoration in Derry on Monday.

Celtic and Irish international striker Anthony Stokes was sent a death threat on Twitter, after the soccer player attended a tribute for a murdered IRA boss.

A suspect has been taken into questioning in connection with the shots that were fired during the funeral procession for the Real IRA’s gang leader Alan Ryan in September.

The Irish Independent reports that the suspect is being questioned at Raheny Garda Station under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act 1939, which allows detentions in relation to gun offences and terrorism.

Police in Dublin completed a search and arrest operation as part of their ongoing investigation into the gangland killing of Real IRA boss Alan Ryan on Thursday.

Vincent Ryan, the 22-year-old brother of the murdered Real IRA member Alan Ryan, has been charged by Irish police in connection with the death of Michael Kelly, 35, in 2011.

Irish police say they are confident they will arrest the dissident republicans responsible for firing shots at the funeral of Real IRA terror boss Alan Ryan over the weekend.

A Dublin crime lord has bragged that his fellow gang members "whacked" Real IRA terror boss Alan Ryan.