GARDAI who believe they are close to making an arrest in the murder of detective Adrian Donohoe have offered $100,000 reward for information from the Irish community in New York.
The lead suspect in the murder lived in the area following the 2013 murder and Irish authorities are putting up the huge reward for information that leads to a conviction.
Members of the US Department of Homeland Security plan to distribute posters in the Irish neighbourhoods of the city, urging those with information to come forward.
"Investigators believe people living in the Woodlawn/Yonkers/The Bronx area of New York may have information that could assist this investigation," the poster reads.
"A substantial reward is on offer for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons involved."
On the night of January 25, 2013, Adrian Donohoe was escorting takings from a credit union in Dundalk to a bank when the three-car convoy he was travelling in was ambushed by an armed gang.
Mr Donohoe, a married father of two, was shot and his partner was taken at gunpoint from the car.
The suspects escaped with €4,000 in cash while garda Donohoe died at the scene.
The lead suspect in the murder, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is understood to be in his 20s and a native of Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh, who travelled to New York on a British passport in March 2013.
He lived Woodlawn/Yonkers area until he was apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in May for unlawful presence in the US.
Authorities in the Republic alerted the Department of Homeland Security after they discovered he left the country via the UK and the agencies worked together to track the suspect’s movements and whereabouts while he was in the US.
The man was deported to Dublin and placed under immediate arrest by waiting gardaí.
