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Man shot dead in Dublin 'reprisal' for boxing weigh-in murder | |
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A man has been shot dead in Dublin in what police believe could be a reprisal for a murder at a boxing match weigh-in on Friday. | |
The man in his 50s was shot on Poplar Row, North Strand in the north inner city just three days after David Byrne, 33, was murdered at the Regency Hotel. | |
Dissident republicans have claimed they carried out the hotel shooting. | |
The latest shooting happened at 19:45 GMT and it is understood four men were involved in the attack. | |
The first murder was claimed by a group purporting to be the Continuity IRA, a dissident republican splinter faction, but that drew scepticism from detectives immersed in gangland investigations. | |
Speaking about the latest shooting, Irish Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said it as "another deplorable example of the ruthlessness of gangland criminals". | |
"It seems that some gangs are intent on waging a feud where human life counts for nothing," she said. |