VERONICA Guerin was previously shot in the leg at her home, and shots were fired into her house on another occasion.
On January 30th, 1995, she was shot in the thigh at her home at Cloghran in north Co Dublin. The attacker came to the house at 6.45 p.m. on a motorcycle, wearing a visor over his head.
When Ms Guerin answered the door, he first pointed the gun at her head but then shot her in the right thigh. The bullet was removed following surgery at Beaumont Hospital.
At the time, gardai said they believed the attack was linked to Ms Guerin's coverage of the Brinks Allied robbery.
The gun used was found later by gardai, who established it was the same one used in an earlier shooting at her home in October 1994.
That first attack took place at 9.40 p.m. on October 7th, 1994, when shots were fired into her house. She was at home with her husband and had just put their son to bed. No on9 was injured.
The shooting followed a series of threats made to her after articles appeared in the Sunday Independent relating to crime in Dublin.