Gardaí are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting of a young woman at a birthday party in Coolock, the Dublin Coroner's Court heard yesterday.
Donna Cleary (22), a mother of a young boy, was shot dead shortly after 2.30am on March 5th at a house on Adare Green, Coolock, where she had been attending a 40th birthday party.
Two days after Ms Cleary's shooting, one of the chief suspects arrested in relation to her death, Dwayne Foster (24), died in Garda custody.
Insp Robert Melvin, from the Coolock, Malahide and Swords district, told a brief inquest into Ms Cleary's death yesterday that the case was still under investigation.
The court heard that Assistant State Pathologist Dr Declan Gilsenan found Ms Cleary had died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Her mother, Kathleen, and her father, who were in the coroner's court, were told her inquest would be adjourned until November 20th next while the Garda investigation continued.
Ms Cleary, from Castlekevin Road, Coolock, told how she identified her daughter at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital.
Coroner Dr Brian Farrell said: "I am of course aware of the circumstances of Donna's death but I cannot make any comment. Sometimes it is hard to find the right words to express sympathy."
Ms Cleary was shot after a group of up to four men were refused entry to the house at Adare Green where the party was under way. Six people were arrested in relation to the shooting and files were sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Mr Foster, who was well-known to gardaí, was arrested along with four others at a house in Kildare less than 24 hours after the shooting but died in custody.
Two men arrested for questioning were released without charge after challenging their detention as unlawful in the High Court. - (PA)