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Ciara Wilkinson

Man shot dead in feud-related attack in Clogherhead, Co Louth

A man, in his early 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A MAN IN his thirties has been shot dead in Clogherhead in Co Louth this afternoon. 

Shots were fired at a caravan park near a Mace convenience store on the Clogherhead to Termonfeckin road shortly before 3pm. 

A man in his early 30s was pronounced dead at the scene.

The scene is currently preserved for forensic tests. 

It is understood the shooting is related to the ongoing feud in Drogheda. The feud began between two rival gangs in July last year.

In November, extra gardaí resources and armed-response units were deployed to the Louth region as a result of an upsurge in violence with at least 25 additional gardaí being drafted in to police the region over the past six months. 

In early July, a bomb attack on a house in Drogheda, believed to be linked to the ongoing feud, was carried out. 

At the time, there were concerns that violence would flare up again after one of the gang leaders issued threats to a number of criminal rivals after recently being released from prison.

Sinn Féin Louth TD Gerry Adams has condemned today’s shooting.

“This was a despicable act, carried out in the middle of the day in a quiet, seaside village,” the former Sinn Féin leader said. 

“This attack took place outside a busy supermarket. Families in this area, like many others, are busy getting ready for school and going about their daily lives.

“This terrible incident could have had even more devastating effects,” Adams said. “I urge anyone with information to bring it to An Garda Síochána.”

Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information to come forward, particularly anyone who may have noticed anything suspicious in the Clogherhead area earlier today.

Anyone with information can contact Drogheda Garda Station on 041 987 4200 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.  

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    Aug 27th 2019, 7:23 PM

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    Aug 27th 2019, 9:31 PM

    @pat murphy: Why is it when a person who may be a traveller is involved in a crime these comments appear? But when drug gangs from the so called settled community kill each other there are no such comments about typical “settled people”. Should settled people be all tarred with the same brush?

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    Aug 27th 2019, 4:40 PM

    Okay so, censorship alive and well on the Journal comments sections.

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    Our soft touch Justice system is green lighting this gangster activity. Minor fines for weapon possesion, bail granted in murder/assault cases, and very light prison sentences. We have become a gangsters paradise!

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    Aug 27th 2019, 9:09 PM

    For the uneducated oafs who continously post racist comments relating to Irish Travellers, if you mashed all your brain calls together you might understand why the article specified a ‘caravan park’ as opposed to a ‘halting site’. Secondly, if you were big enough and brave enough to post under your own names, the more educated amongst us might take you more seriously.

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    Aug 27th 2019, 9:59 PM

    If we sent serious criminals to other EU countries to serve their sentences instead of them serving the in cusy irish prisions . I think they think twice befire doing any thing like this.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 8:59 AM

    Surprise surprise .. and not a Garda in sight. Too busy on the m1 and roads collecting revenue for govt

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    Surprise surprise .. and not a Garda in sight. Too busy on the m1 collecting revenue for govt l

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    Aug 28th 2019, 9:02 AM

    Surprise surprise .. and not a Garda in sight. Too busy on the m1 and roads collecting revenue for govt. Like the regency shooting. And all they can do is upset motorists. A joke

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