GARDAÍ ARE expected to maintain a discreet but strong presence at the funeral this morning of the two Corbally brothers who were shot dead in a drug-related attack that left a boy aged 14 wounded.
The funeral takes place in the Corballys’ native Ballyfermot in west Dublin amid fears their killings will lead to revenge attacks.
Gardaí are fearful for the safety of the injured boy because he witnessed the murders.He was discharged from hospital yesterday.
The boy, from Clondalkin, west Dublin, was sitting in the back seat of a car owned by the Corbally brothers when it was riddled with gunfire at 8pm on Monday night.
The attack, which occurred on Neilstown Road, Clondalkin, claimed the lives of Kenneth (32) and Paul (35) Corbally, originally of Drumfinn Avenue, Ballyfermot.
The two brothers were known drug-dealers, and gardaí believe they were murdered as part of a feud with a leading drug-dealer from Ballyfermot whose gang the brothers were once members of.
The Corballys were killed after their Lexus was rammed by an Audi 6 carrying at least two armed men, who opened fire with handguns, fatally wounding both. The Irish Times understands they were hit a total of 12 times.
The wounded boy fled the vehicle, and with the help of a local in the Moorefield estate he made his way to hospital for treatment.
The Corballys’ funeral Mass is to be concelebrated at St Matthew’s Church, Ballyfermot, at 10am today, followed by burial at Esker Cemetery, Lucan.
The brothers were well-known for involvement in armed robberies in counties around Dublin and in drug-dealing in the capital.