04/03/2009

Six Arrested Over Gangland Killings

A total of six people have been arrested in Dublin this morning in connection with the shooting of two men in the Finglas area.

Gardaí investigating the deaths of Paul Martin and Graham McNally made the arrests this morning of six people ranging in age from 25 to 35 years and comprising of five males and a female.

Paul Martin, 39, was shot dead in the Jolly Toper pub on Church street in Finglas last August. Two masked men armed with handguns entered the upstairs of the pub just outside Finglas village. Mr Martin had tried to flee, but his attackers went after him and pinned him down in the pub, discharging shots into his head and upper body.

Graham McNally, 34, was killed in Cappagh Avenue, Finglas was shot several times in the head with a semi-automatic weapon on a cul-de-sac off the old Derry road at Coldwinters near Finglas on January of this year.

The arrested men are being held at Ballymun, Finglas, Blanchardstown and Cabra stations.

(DW/BMcC)

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