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LAST UPDATE | 20 May 2020
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING THE shooting of a convicted criminal in Coolock, north Dublin, believe the man was shot due to an ongoing local feud in the area.
The man, who is in his 30s, was shot several times at around 2pm today at Cromcastle Drive, Kilmore in Coolock. His injuries are thought to be not life-threatening.
The injured man has over 60 criminal convictions and is thought to have been targeted due to a feud between criminals from Darndale and Coolock.
While investigations are at an early stage, gardaí are now working to see if this afternoon’s gun attack has anything to do with a number of other violent incidents which have occurred in the last two weeks.
Last Friday, a 19-year-old man was shot and injured in the Primrose Grove area of Darndale. A week before that, another man was stabbed a number of times in the Marigold Park area of Darndale. He suffered serious injuries.
Anyone with information related to this incident is urged to call Santry Garda Station on 01 666 4000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
With reporting by Garreth MacNamee
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No state or semi state body should be selling land or any asset which is owned by the people of Ireland to foreign investment funds. We have vulture funds and cukoo funds that were given the red carpet when they arrived and the poorer people in society suffer while at the same time loop holes being left in place where they pay zero tax on profits. The land coillte is selling dosen’t belong to them it belongs to the people of Ireland. Can you imagine what the people who fought for Irish Independence would think of all this.
If anyone thinks this is a good idea. Look at it like this. The biggest lake in the UK and Ireland in Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland and its privately owned by one guy, Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury who lives in Dorset. How can one guy own a lake? Lakes and rivers should be the property of the state owned by the people of that country. Coillte are gonna go backwards doing the same with our forestry.
@Diarmuid O’Braonáin: We’ll see how long your comment lasts on here. Let that be an indication of the level of backwardness. The Windsor Family (royals) are in receipt of one of the largest payments for agricultural land under CAP.
Take 200million from the property tax or rainy day fund and buy the land for the Irish people or the Irish state.
Selling our land back to the English government would sell anything for money they have no loyalty
We should be fining the brits for stripping our land of our Native Oak not so long ago. Not selling off to them. Coillte is state owned. Let that sink in.
@cathalsurfs: One of the finest Oak forests in Europe was in the blackwater valley. The land was given to him by king or royal in charge. It was cut down and sold. The guy then built himself a big castle…. Lismore Castle…
Happy for any investment profit to go to the UK but the people who live here can’t buy a car in the UK without giving them 10k. Have to wonder who they’re working for.
This is not okay on any way.
Why are these guys always screwing us?
Pulp for election posters. We the people, have no say.
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