It's the second arrest in the case.
Gardai have arrested a man in Laois this afternoon in relation to an ongoing murder investigation.
The man - who is in his thirties is being detained in Portlaoise Garda station.
Timothy Hourihane was murdered in Cork last October.
This is the second arrest in the case after a man in his twenties was taken into custody in Dublin.
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