Gun killings for the year to date...
July 13th – Stephen Byrne (32) from Mariners Port, off Sheriff Street, Dublin, shot dead on the street near his home as part of a local gangland feud.
July 9th – Colm Owens (34) from Dunsoughly, Finglas, Dublin, shot dead while he worked at an animal feed store in Finglas. Though linked to some gangland criminals, gardaí believe he was shot as part of a personalised row.
July 1st – Walter Tompkins (66) shot dead at his remote farmhouse in Co Wicklow. His brother, Cecil Tompkins, has been charged with assault causing harm.
June 28th – Kenneth (32) and Paul Corbally (35) from Ballyfermot shot dead as they sat in their car on Neilstown Road. Known armed robbers and drug dealers, they were killed by former associates with whom they had fallen out.
June 22nd – Remains of Helen Donegan (30), Celbridge, Co Kildare, found in the boot of a car in a garage near Newcastle, Dublin. Missing for seven weeks, she had been shot. One man has been charged with murder.
May 31st – The remains of Lee Slattery (24), Ballynanty, Limerick city, found in a shallow grave near the Moyross estate. Shot in the head, drug related.
April 23rd – Notorious gang leader Eamon Dunne (34), Finglas, Dublin, shot dead in a Cabra pub as he attended a 40th birthday party.
March 21st – Séamus McMahon (41), shot dead in an apartment at Saltdown, Dundalk, Co Louth. Believed to be linked to a personal matter.
February 22nd – Daniel Treacy (35), shot dead on his bread delivery round at a service station just outside Limerick city. One man charged with murder.
February 20th – Aiden Byrne (32), from Dublin’s north inner city, shot dead on Drumalee Avenue, North Circular Road. A convicted rapist, he was involved in a gangland feud.
February 16th – Christopher Emmet (21), shot dead at his home at Fortlawn Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin, with a legally held shotgun. One man charged with reckless discharge of a firearm.
January 20th – Convicted drug dealer Gerard Stanton shot dead leaving his home at Westlawn, off Sarsfield Road, Cork. Real IRA claimed the killing.
January 16th – Noel Deans (27), Blunden Drive, Coolock, Dublin, shot dead on Ferrycarrig Road, Coolock. He was a drug user and petty criminal.
January 10th – Paddy Cooney (58) and Brendan Molyneux (46), gunned down at Mr Mooney’s flat off Pearse Street in Dublin. One man charged with murder.
January 9th – The remains of drug dealer JP Joyce (30), Grove Lane, Coolock, Dublin, found dumped in a ditch near Dublin airport. Shot in the head by a Finglas drugs gang.
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