Dutch police are releasing thousands of leaflets over the coming weekend appealing for witnesses to the brutal stabbing to death of a young Irishman.
An RTÉ Prime Time television programme meanwhile is planning to reconstruct the last known movements of Damian Mooney (26) and the attack which left him bleeding to death in the historic canal district of Amsterdam early in the morning of August 28th.
Mr Mooney, who worked in an Irish pub in Amsterdam, was knifed to death as he walked home from a night out with Irish friends. He was laid to rest after a tearful ceremony at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Moneenroe, Co Kilkenny, earlier this week.
The flyers with his photograph appeal for help in the ongoing hunt for the attacker and at least one accomplice. They are being distributed by on- and off-duty police, civilian police assistants and security staff at bars and discos in the area where he worked, socialised and lived in and around the city centre of Amsterdam.
"We are urgently asking people to come forward who may have witnessed the confrontation that led to this poor young man being fatally stabbed. But so far there has been little or no response, so the leaflets may jog memories," said police spokesman Leo Dortland.
A special telephone hotline for callers and a special e-mail address are listed in the flyers.
Recordings from private security cameras on buildings close to the scene of the attack are being analysed for clues. Due to strict privacy laws, the Netherlands does not permit CCTV cameras in public places. But with the threat of international terrorism increasing and a rise in violent street crime, many Dutch politicians now believe that the laws need to be changed urgently.