The inquest into the death of Donna Cleary was adjourned for five months today to allow the Director of Public Prosecutions to examine the Garda file.
Ms Cleary (22) was shot outside a birthday party in Coolock, north Dublin last year.
Inspector Ray Kavanagh, on behalf of the superintendent at Coolock, said the file was with the DPP. He sought an adjournment under Section 25 (1) of the Coroners Act to allow the DPP time to consider the file.
Dublin city coroner Dr Brian Farrell adjourned the inquest until April 23rd.
Gardaí believe Ms Cleary, a mother of a two-year-old son, was shot dead by a man who had been refused entry to the party.
Ms Cleary was hit when the gunman opened fire indiscriminately, shooting five times at the front of the house on Castlekevin Road in Kilmore. She died as a result of her injuries two hours later. Her son was inside at the time.
Within hours, five men had been arrested over the killing. One of them, Dwane Foster, died from a brain haemorrhage in a Garda cell after being questioned about his role in the murder.