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Second man arrested over shooting of Ciara Sheehan in Cork

The family of Ciara Sheehan released a photograph of the 21-year-old in hospital.

Updated 7pm

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A SECOND MAN has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a woman (21) in Cork.

Gardaí said a man in his late 60s was arrested late this afternoon in Cork.

He has been detained at Gurranabraher garda station under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

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The mother of the shooting victim, Ciara Sheehan, earlier released a photo of her 21-year-old daughter in her hospital bed.

The family released the photo, showing Susan O’Mahony tending to her bedside, to highlight the impact of gun violence.

Ciara Sheehan was shot while visiting her boyfriend’s home in Hollywood in the north of the city on Sunday morning. A bullet hit her in the neck after it was fired into the house.

Her injuries are described as serious but she is in a stable condition in hospital.

The shooting is believed to be part of a dispute to which the young woman was not involved. It is understood she was not the intended victim.

Gardaí recovered a gun in an area of wasteland during searches of the Knocknaheeny and Holyhill areas yesterday.

A man (29) and a woman (22) were arrested on Sunday morning following the shooting.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Speaking yesterday, the Lord Mayor Of Cork Chris O’Leary said: “First of all, enough is enough, let’s step back from things before they get worse and before someone loses a life.”

The councillor offered to act as a go-between for the parties to the feud.

“I think somebody needs to stand up and say enough is enough. Most people would know me from my community work in the area. Knocknaheeny is a area of the city I’ve worked in for about 30 years.”

With reporting by Rónán Duffy and Aoife Barry

Read: ‘Enough is enough’ – Appeals for calm after innocent woman shot in Cork estate

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    Mute Peter Buchanan
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    May 17th 2016, 7:28 AM

    Too many knackers with guns in Ireland

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    Mute Fintan Oflaois
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    May 17th 2016, 7:46 AM

    A knacker is a person who performs a useful service by disposing of animal carcasses or processing them into saleable products. To the best of my knowledge, none of them have guns and you should be ashamed of yourself for disparaging an entire occupational group. I believe the word you are thinking of is “criminal” and you are correct that criminals in Ireland have too many guns. I’m glad that you lady is recovering. That bullet could easily have killed her.

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    Mute Fintan Oflaois
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    May 17th 2016, 7:47 AM

    Correction: — that young lady —”

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    Mute Stephen murphy
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    May 17th 2016, 8:29 AM

    Justice system, too lenient and they’re laughing at our politicians these days!

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    Mute Micheal Johnson
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    May 17th 2016, 12:03 PM

    Too lenient is right Stephen, the sooner the three strikes rule comes in the better.

    We don’t need the likes of him going around randomly shooting into homes almost killing people

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    Mute 1916RisingGhosts
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    May 17th 2016, 1:02 PM

    I wonder would you dare call an African by a derogatory “n” word?

    Or do you only feel free to vent pent up anger at Irish people, now that criticising foreigners is off limits?

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    Mute Tom the Bomb
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    May 17th 2016, 3:20 PM

    What are you on about 1916whatever?

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    May 17th 2016, 7:24 PM

    Good man fintan.

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    May 17th 2016, 9:53 PM

    Fintan, of course it’s not meant to be taken literally. It could refer to any manufacturer of dairy products…

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    May 17th 2016, 7:17 AM

    Hopefully she recovers without any long lasting issues

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    May 17th 2016, 11:38 PM

    I’m trying to guess how many years he gets for this. I’d be confidant in my lack of confidence in the Irish justice system while hazarding a guess

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    May 17th 2016, 7:19 AM

    Get well soon Ciara …very sad to see such a lovely young girl with these terrible injuries.

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    Mute Níamh Hurleÿ
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    May 17th 2016, 8:02 AM

    Poor girl , hope she recovers soon X

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    Mute Mjhint
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    May 17th 2016, 10:40 AM

    Time for the justice system to put these guys in safe places & off the streets. If not we as citizens should do it.

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    May 17th 2016, 8:21 PM

    Very sad – glad she is stable.
    Anyone else think a mayor saying he’d “act as a go between” to solve the feud is strange?
    My thoughts are that anyone who shoots blindly through a window is fully aware that an innocent could be killed and needs to go to jail. Not be sat down and asked how we can help him.
    The Irish system is already too lenient without having elected officials start a focus group in reaction to an attempted murder.
    We, the decent people of Ireland are losing control of our country to a bunch of low life, undereducated, careless thugs. And our tacit responses are not working.

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    Mute Marta Miklinska
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    May 17th 2016, 12:51 PM

    My heart goes out to her and her family! As for the people responsible for this horrible act, I hope they rotten in jail!

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    May 17th 2016, 8:44 AM

    What’s it all about?

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    May 17th 2016, 9:09 AM

    They think they’re biggie and 2pac. Fools online trying to defend him. He didn’t mean to shoot her! He is a new daddy and apparently a great one – the child is 2 weeks old. He only shot 1 person in those 2 weeks.. Oh he must be a magnificent dad!

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    May 17th 2016, 9:16 AM

    I wonder who’ll step up to the gang boss next? Was the gun found down st.annes or in his gaff??

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    May 17th 2016, 7:45 AM

    “A bullet hit her in the neck after it was fired into the house.” Time for a coffee Ger!

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    Mute Ger Buckley
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    May 17th 2016, 8:01 AM

    Other reports differ. It was a question

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    May 17th 2016, 7:27 AM

    I thought the gun was fired from outside the house? Either way hope she recovers from it

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    May 17th 2016, 7:50 PM

    So spill what you know or keep quiet!

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    May 17th 2016, 9:53 PM

    Poor Girl hope she recovers soon

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    May 17th 2016, 9:47 PM

    i

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    May 17th 2016, 10:18 PM

    Hollywood ? Surely hollyhill

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    May 17th 2016, 10:22 PM

    Hollywood Estate I think

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    May 18th 2016, 2:43 PM

    He is a knacker
    and deserves a bullet himself, thought the ira sort out heroin dealers??? Ha too busy hiding their faces at funerals

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