Two men have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a dissident republican in a pub car park in Co Meath four years ago.
Peter Butterly, 35, was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, on 6 March 2013.
35-year-old Edward McGrath of Land Dale Lawns, Springfield, Tallaght, and 47-year-old Sharif Kelly of Pinewood Green Road, Balbriggan, were convicted at the Special Criminal Court.
Mr Justice Tony Hunt said it was really surprising and distressing that two men with no previous convictions who made positive contributions to their communities were involved in a pre-planned, callous and deliberate murder.
A third accused, 24-year-old Dean Evans of Grange Park Rise, Raheny, in Dublin, failed to turn up for the trial and has not been found by gardaí.
Another man David Cullen, whose role was to dispose of the murder weapon, testified against the two men.
He was convicted of firearms offences and is now in the witness protection programme.
A row within the Real IRA led to what the judge today called the "premeditated slaughter of a loving father and partner".
Mr Butterly was waiting in his car at the Huntsman Inn when McGrath drove into the car park and the gunman in the back fired two shots at Mr Butterly's car.
Firearm residue was found on McGrath's clothes and on a black wig he used as a disguise.
Mr Butterly got out and ran, but the gunman chased him and shot him in the back and neck. He died at the scene.
Kelly was waiting nearby in his ex-wife's car to collect the other two, with a bag of clothes for the gunman and a duvet covering the back seat.
The stolen car used in the murder was to be burned out, a can of petrol and broken-up firelighters were found in it.
Kelly was the second getaway driver.
Cullen was arrested at gunpoint after he picked up the murder weapon and tossed it into a bush outside Gormanstown College, after it had been thrown from the passing getaway car.
He was subsequently convicted of firearms offences, entered the witness protection programme and testified against the others.
The gang had been under surveillance and were monitored as they carried out a dry-run the day before the murder.
The court said it was satisfied Mr Butterly was shot by Evans, who was driven to and from the scene by McGrath, with the gun being collected by Cullen and Kelly helping the killers escape.
Both were convicted of a "brutal, callous and premeditated murder".
In a victim impact statement, Mr Butterly's partner said the killers had destroyed their lives but knowing they were behind bars might save another family.
Mr Justice Hunt sentenced McGrath and Kelly to life in prison.
