Leading organised crime figure shot dead in Dublin

The leader of arguably the biggest organised crime gang in the Republic has been shot dead in a gun attack in north Dublin.

Eamon Dunne was gunned down just before 10pm last night at the Fassaugh House pub in Cabra.

It is believed he was shot a number of times in the head. Gardaí said today four men were involved in the attack and are believed to have fled in a red LH-registered car. The killing is one of the most significant gangland murders of the last decade.

The motive for the murder was unclear last night but Dunne’s gang are the chief suspects for more gun murders than any other group in the history of Irish organised crime.

One Garda source said: “The list of suspects will be very, very long.”

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