Same can be said for Dublin

Not even close you dolt. London is a pigstye you filthy royal lapper

Okay Gumad whatever anyone who is proud of such a lame ass tagname must have putty for brains or is just plain Italian wannabe and judging by your original picture cupcake I'd stick to the 1980's crawling East of Broadway for freaks and pimps who may throw you a dime bag or two just for being such laughable trash.

Are we really going to have to do the Irish versus Italian thing now? I'd rather not I like Italians but if you wanna trash the Irish knock yourself out lady or, er fella, hey whatever tranny it's 2014 and all that

You mean this one?

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That's my graduation picture from Harvard after only two years fool

Well you're certainly graduating from someone into something but what it quite is yet is pretty hard to tell

I'm beginning to think that nutsack you're talking about is yours. Hey hey like I said, peace, 2014 and all that

abe, please tell me that's not you. But as your buddy I can keep a secret.

lol gumad, I saw that avatar pic floating around the internet awhile back. You should have stuck with the Michelle Pfeiffer avatar.

"On the seventh day the Lord rested, but before that he did, he squatted over the side of England and what came out of him... was Ireland. No offense son."

-Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York

I've lived in England 'son' and you wouldn't say that if you've been there. But the you can never trust a Ginnie, they tend to go with whichever way the tide is blowing, just like WW2 they'll change sides again when the wind blows back the English tide

So the Italians kicked Irish butt? Really? Where? Not in NYC, we're the only old school neighborhood that held out on the north Bronx and we run construction. Get the fuck back to Staten Island you bums

Speak English you donkey wannabe

Now you got all these wops up in arms

I'm going through hormone therapy right now and I will be quite amazing after I have my surgery. You will want me. I look great from behind right now too....

Take it easy "son", i guess you failed to realize that was just a funny quote from a good movie. Im half irish and half italian myself, and i was raised to always drink a guiness with my sunday gravy!

What is this. Internet? Do you mean the interwebzz?

abe, is that you, you look so cute when you get so angry I feel like a lucky leprechaun just to have you

Hey the first broad I fucked was Italian and she had legs so sweet I even followed her all the way to Bensonhurst. I wasn't too popular with the locals though and they weren't too happy to see me with her.

But I got plenty of friends who are Italian my family is even a mix up too I was just fucking with you too Dellacroce I love Italians after the Irish they're the second best breed in America

My favorite three posters on here are Gamms (who sadly no longer appears), Pizzaboy the expert on the Bronx and EHI who got banned for being too much of an Archie Bunker who hated us all and was a WASP so let's just chill out cos I even miss Dicknose as well

God bless Italy! Salud my friend!

Yes, let us not be banned. We are all mutts in the long run......wait till you see how I will look after the therapy is over.....

Figures you like a Bronx guy....fa***t

I don't do names calling Sean i let you do that.

http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/c...-gun-possession

Trinity graduate Ursula Shannon given six years in jail for gun possession.

A Trinity College graduate and three men who were intercepted by armed gardai outside the premises of a firearms dealer have received sentences ranging from six to seven years for the possession of firearms and ammunition.

Earlier this month Ursula Shannon (30), who is a PhD student, graduate of Trinity College and prominent member of socialist republican group Eirigi, and her co-accused John McGreal (37) and Colin Brady (24) were found guilty of the offences by the Special Criminal Court after a short trial.

The non-jury court heard that the accused were wearing wigs and disguises when they were intercepted by armed gardai outside a residential premises in Co Offaly which also doubled as a business for a licensed firearms seller.

Detective Inspector Michael Gibbons told the court that one of the handguns recovered, a Brazilian-made Taurus pistol, was used in a murder in Tallaght in February 2002. He said there was no suggestion that any of the defendants were involved in that offence.

There was also evidence that the ammunition recovered was wrapped up in a baby’s nappy found inside the stolen van in which the defendants were travelling.
CCTV footage of the interception of the stolen van was played to the court, which was invited to infer that the people in the van were there to rob the shop and steal the firearms on the premises.

Shannon, McGreal and Brady had pleaded not guilty to the possession of two handguns and 32 rounds of ammunition at Tullybeg, Rahan, Co Offaly on November 27, 2012, but had not challenged any of the evidence in the case.

They had pleaded not guilty to the unlawful possession of one 9mm parabellum calibre Taurus PT92 semi-automatic pistol, one magazine suitable for use with the Taurus PT92 pistol, one 9mm parabellum calibre Walther P5 semi-automatic pistol and one ZGJY branded combined stun gun and flashlight.

They had also each pleaded not guilty to the possession of 25 rounds of 9mm ammunition and seven rounds of 9mm ammunition.

John Troy (34), a fourth co-accused of Dunard Avenue, Cabra had pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of the same Taurus pistol, magazine, Walther P5 pistol and one ZGJY branded combined stun gun and flashlight on the same date.

A charge of possession of the same 25 rounds of 9mm ammunition and seven rounds of 9mm ammunition was taken in to consideration by the court.

McGreal and Troy were also charged with membership of an unlawful organisation within the state styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on November 27, 2012.

Counsel for the State, Mr Shane Costelloe BL, told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions was entering a “Nolle Prosequi” – in other words not proceeding – with those charges.

Shannon and Brady have no previous convictions but John Troy was sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to four years for IRA membership in 2005. McGreal has five previous convictions for summary offences.

The court heard evidence that John Troy is a master butcher who, along with his brother, runs the well-known Troy’s Butchers on Moore Street in Dublin city centre, which has been in operation for over one hundred years.

Counsel for Shannon, Mr Leo Mulrooney BL, told the court that his client was a young lady with “many interests, abilities and talents”.

He told the court that Shannon has a BA in Early and Modern Irish from Trinity College and a Masters in Language Planning from NUI Galway. She is currently doing research in to sustainable new Irish language communities for her PhD.

Passing sentence, presiding judge Mr Justice Paul Butler said that in respect of Shannon, McGreal and Brady the court had come to the view that a sentence of seven years in prison was appropriate.

However, Mr Justice Butler said the court would allow a year for the fact they had not contested the evidence at trial, bringing the sentence to one of six years for each accused. He said in the case of Mr Brady the sentence would date from November 29, 2012 as he had been in custody since that date.

With regard to John Troy, Mr Justice Butler said the court noted that he had a very relevant previous conviction which made the matter much more serious.
However, in mitigation he said the court had heard evidence that Troy has an “exemplary background” and was a “very useful” member of his community.

Mr Justice Butler said the court had come to the view that the appropriate sentence would be nine years imprisonment, reduced to seven years after making an allowance for the plea of guilty proffered.

He said a note from Troy, which states that upon his release from prison he is determined not to be before the Special Criminal Court or any court again, was a “significant matter” and as far as the court was concerned was a statement as to future conduct.

Mr Justice Butler said on that basis the court would suspend the final two years of the seven-year sentence on condition that Troy enter a bond to be of good behaviour and keep the peace.

It was the prosecution case that on the date in question gardai were in receipt of confidential information that a stolen vehicle would be used as part of an operation by dissident republicans for a theft at a property in Co Offaly.

The court heard that a search of the vehicle revealed the two handguns and the stungun along with the ammunition, cable ties, black pillow cases, canisters of petrol, wigs and disguises.

Gardai gave evidence that the accused had taken some steps to conceal their physical appearance, and were wearing layers of clothing to make them appear heavier than they actually were. There was evidence that Shannon and McGreal were also wearing wigs.

http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/n...him-seven-times

Gangster Gilligan was tracked by hitmen who shot him seven times.

It is now believed that the hitmen who shot pint-sized gangster John Gilligan at his brother’s house in Clondalkin last night had been tracking his whereabouts throughout the day, and that he was shot up to seven times in the attack.

Witnesses say that Gardai also feared a melee would break out at the scene, where a large crowd had gathered after the botched attempt on his life.

Convicted drug dealer Gilligan remains in Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown this morning, and his condition is said to be serious but not life-threatening.

The bullet wounds are reportedly in his leg, hip, chest and face – with a ‘large chunk’ taken out of his forehead, according to sources.

The bullet that was shot into his hip is also believed to have lodged in his stomach. He remained conscious as he was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, but was given the Last Rites on arrival.

Earlier reports had suggested he had survived as he was wearing a bullet-proof vest, but it is now understood that this was not the case.

Gilligan is reported to have spent the day in the pub as part of christening celebrations, and only returned to the house at Greenfort Crescent at around 6.30pm - having been dropped off by his daughter, Tracey.

It is believed that the hitmen had tracked his movements in a silver-coloured SUV throughout the day to wait for their opportunity to strike.
At approximately 7.10pm, they made their move.

When the masked man called at the door Gilligan fled through the house, with the raiders shooting him in the living room, hallway and toilet as he attempted to escape – before they themselves made their escape.

When Gardai arrived at the scene of the shooting they were confronted by an angry mob that had assembled there.

The scene of last night's shooting in Clondalkin

Such was the air of tension that the Gardai who first responded to the shooting felt it was prudent to call for back-up, as they feared a mini-riot could break out at any moment.

It was the same house where Gilligan celebrated his release when he got out of Portlaoise Prison on October 14.

More to follow...

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/john-gilligan-shot-associated-warn-3197959

: John Gilligan in 'stable' condition after shooting as friend warns: "There is going to be murder over this"

Drug lord John Gilligan is lucky to be alive after being blasted multiple times by gunmen last night.

The pint-size gangster was shot as he fled to the bathroom at his brother’s home at around 7.05pm.

It was thought he only survived the assassination attempt because he was wearing a bulletproof vest, though later reports have now contradicted this.

Gilligan, who was once a suspect in the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, was rushed to James Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown in Dublin following the shock attack.

He had sustained serious injuries - one of the bullets took out a chunk of his forehead, while another damaged his hip and may have travelled into his stomach.

Collins PhotosGardai preserve the scene in Clondalkin, Dublin
Another gunshot shattered a bone in his leg and the fourth bullet hit his chest, missing his heart and lungs by centimetres, during the attack at Greenfort Crescent, Clondalkin in Dublin.

Veronica Guerin's brother Jimmy Guerin said his son called him about the attack on Saturday night.

Speaking to RTE Radio 1 on Sunday morning, he said: "It would be wrong to gloat because I don’t believe that anybody should be shot.

"But it would be hypocritical of me to say that I was upset when I heard the news."

The mobster is understood to be in a stable condition in hospital today.

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A friend of Gilligan warned of bloody revenge last night.

He told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “You can’t come after the boss. There is going to be murder over this.

“They think they can just go in here, and go ‘bang, bang’ and that will be that.

“They will regret this now, I tell you that. They all better watch their backs.

“There is going to be people out to get those that done this. He’s done his time, he’s been in and out of prison, so why do you care about him?

“Why don’t you write good stories about the boss? He’s a good man, put that down.”

Gilligan was freed from Portlaoise Prison on October 15 last year after serving more than 17 years of a 20-year sentence.




Security insiders told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “He’s lucky to be alive.

“He’s been under threat ever since he was released from jail last year and he’d been warned that his life was in danger.

“Everyone knows where his brother lives and it was only a matter of time for something like this to happen.”

A family friend added: “Gilligan was at his brother Jimmy’s house, you know him as Thomas, when it happened.

“He was at a family christening, they were getting ready to go to Fowler’s Pub in Blanchardstown.

“There were more than 20 people in the house.

“Gilligan was in the hallway when two masked gunmen burst in and shot him.”

Panicked relatives raised the alarm after the attack on the mobster who was still conscious and breathing when emergency crews arrived.

A pal of the criminal insisted his wounds were not serious enough to kill him.

The source said: “He was joking and laughing when the paramedics arrived. He walked to the ambulance and his close family still headed to the pub – that’s how serious it was.”

John Gilligan enjoys boozy night with pals

Witnesses said Gilligan was lying on the floor for several minutes before emergency services arrived.

A shocked onlooker, who was on the scene within minutes, added: “People who were in their houses told me they were alerted by the sound of shots.

“It was bang, bang, bang and when they raced on to the street, they saw John Gilligan lying on the ground.

“They believed he was shot dead because he wasn’t moving.

“When the emergency services arrived he remained on the ground for some time before he was taken away in an ambulance. There were a lot of people in the house and garden, including children.

“A jeep drove into the street. A person in the house told me they kicked in the front door and shot him four times.

“The person in the house said John Gilligan had a vest on. It seems the men were driven away in the jeep.

“The gardai were there very quickly and they closed off the immediate scene of the shooting.

“John Gilligan visits the house a lot and people in the street don’t like his attitude because he behaved like Lord Muck. He was full of his own importance.”

His attackers are believed to have fled the scene in a silver jeep or SUV.

Officers are treating the incident as attempted murder and detectives are working on the theory that a former Portlaoise inmate may have ordered the hit.

The ex-prisoner is thought to be linked to a botched attack on Gilligan at the Hole In The Wall pub on beside Dublin’s Phoenix Park last December.

Security sources last night claimed: “The attacker was in Portlaoise Prison at the same time as Gilligan.

“They never saw eye-to-eye.

“He hit Gilligan in the jaw when they were both in jail. And last Wednesday someone broke into his mum’s house.

“Nothing was taken from her home even though there would have been expensive items lying around such as iPods and jewellery. So it’s possible that someone had been trying to intimidate him and the crook decided to retaliate.”

Detectives are also investigating the theory that Christy Kinahan’s rival drug gang may be involved in the incident.

Arch rival..Christy Kinahan
Drugs boss Christy Kinahan 'ordered hit on pint-sized thug John Gilligan'

Really? , I somehow doubt it..

Where?

That would be the closest the plastic ever was to the shithole that is the free state

I thought you were already told to shut your filthy rotted out teeth filled fish n chip hole?

Capische?

And yet the Irish run the British underworld, everybody knows that. Look at how the cowardly Brits retreat when the IRA take over London. It is documented in Britain's most famous gangster flick 'The Long Good Friday' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhMGq-4wpO0 To top it all off LCN refuse to do business with the woosie Brits cos "It looks like the IRA control things around here". Damn right, Brits are lame ass pussies

The Adams family were Irish and had close links to the IRA and none of 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Lenny McLean or Roy Shaw would touch them in British 'prisons' and they were the toughest 'gangsters' the Brits who weren't Irish had

The most celebrated Brit gangsters were child abusers. Cowardly fags who ran child molestation rings for kicks. They forced children to have sex with the likes of Lord Boothby no wonder the Adams Family thought they were a disgrace. When they took over London was run by the IRA and the Irish.

Gangster Ronnie Kray and top politician Lord Boothby in 1963. Lord Boothby was close to all the top people from Churchill to Tom Driberg. Reportedly, Ronnie once said to a boy: "You will go home with Lord Boothby. You will do exactly what Lord Boothby wants. Or I will hurt you"

These are the crime families that made the Krays look like the dirty fags they were.

'One rival Irish family, the Reillys, attempted to challenge the Adams' dominance of their Islington stronghold. In response, Patsy Adams is said to have gone into a pub controlled by the Reillys and allowed one of his associates to insult a member of the rival family. The Reillys, greatly offended, went away to arm themselves and returned to the pub, only to find an ambush awaiting them. Their BMW was fired on repeatedly by members of the Adams gang. No one was killed, but the incident, with echoes of 1930s Chicago, sent out a message - both to the Reillys and anyone else who needed to know - that the Adams gang was prepared to go all the way to preserve its territory'.

So the toughest gangsters in Britain are Irish This is a gangster forum and all you quivering Brits run scared of Irish crime families. To quote my Italian compadres "Get the fuck outta here"

You obviously know absolutely nothing about NYC or organized crime so what exactly is the point of your prsense on this forum?

Those sissy Brits with the bad teeth are all wankers and tossers. I'd like to smash all their faces in.

Gumad evidently took some nasty pills. She now has a week off to get her stomach pumped and get the poison out of her.

abe you wrote this...

WHAT THIS STORY IS CRAP FULL STOP, I THINK IF A CRIMINAL GETS HIT THEY WILL KILL EVERY REPUBLICAN IN NORTH DUBLIN AND WE WILL HAVE SOME POSTS ON THIS THREAD FOR WEEKS LOL.

Kill every Republican in Dublin? So you despise Republicans? Why? Everyone is entitled to a political viewpoint it is called democracy abe.

I did not say Dublin, Sean as you know Dublin is a big place it has east west and south so what is left ? North Dublin and that is what i said. The story in the Sunday world said one thing and i said,

WHAT THIS STORY IS CRAP FULL STOP, I THINK IF A CRIMINAL GETS HIT THEY WILL KILL EVERY REPUBLICAN IN NORTH DUBLIN AND WE WILL HAVE SOME POSTS ON THIS THREAD FOR WEEKS LOL.

Sean i also in next post put up a Criminal Action Force operation in North Dublin which convenly you left out of your post.

Everyone is entitled to a political viewpoint it is called democracy abe.

That is very true.

http://www.herald.ie/news/pipe-bombs-dumped-on-estate-green-30052711.html

Pipe bombs dumped on estate green.

BY KEN FOY CRIME CORRESPONDENT – 01 MARCH 2014 03:30 PM

GARDAI believe a criminal got "freaked out" and dumped a bag containing three viable pipe bombs on a green in Tallaght after a number of houses in the area were searched.

The searches were being carried out in Cushlawn Estate by officers investigating the shooting of local man James Campbell (21) last weekend.

Sources believe that with the increased garda activity in the area earlier this week, a criminal decided to get rid of the bombs and left them in a bag on a green.

BIZARRE

However, this sparked a bizarre turn of events when a local man who was out walking spotted the bag and decided to take it home with him.

When he got to his house in the estate, he placed the bag under the stairs.

A short time later, he told his wife about finding the bag, and the couple then noticed the pipe bombs.

Gardai were alerted and the bag was again placed on the green.

Officers then called the army's explosive ordnance disposal division after inspecting the suspect devices.

The bomb squad arrived at the scene at 8.30pm and examined the pipe bombs which were understood to be around 12 inches long and made of copper tubing.

Several nearby houses were evacuated while the operation to deal with the devices was carried out.

The pipe bombs were deemed to be viable and were rendered safe at the scene before 10pm without the need for a controlled explosion.

Meanwhile, shooting victim Mr Campbell is making a good recovery after being shot in the leg last Sunday night.

There have been no arrests so far in the case, and yesterday the victim contacted the Herald and insisted that the shooting was not linked to a bitter local drugs dispute.

Mr Campbell discharged himself from hospital shortly before 10pm on Sunday, only two hours after being admitted.

He did not make a formal statement to gardai after the incident, and officers have not yet traced the getaway car used in the attack.

Mr Campbell told the Herald: "I was just walking into my house when a car pulled up and I heard a voice saying, 'Is that him?'

BULLET

"Then I heard the gun go off. One bang.

"I don't know where they were aiming, but it hit me in the side of the knee.

"The doctors told me the bullet had gone right through my knee. I walked out of there, though."

The victim said he was given painkillers and patched up before leaving hospital.

He added that he did not know whey he had been targeted.

KFOY@HERALD.IE

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cri...s-30056084.html

Crime boss John Gilligan recovers in hospital in open ward for six patients.

TOM BRADY, ALAN O'KEEFFE AND PAUL WILLIAMS – UPDATED 03 MARCH 2014 12:37 PM

Crime boss John Gilligan is recovering in hospital in an open ward for six patients, one of the hospital’s chaplains has revealed.

Fr Dan Joe O’Mahony, duty chaplain at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown gave Gilligan the last rites on Saturday night when he was shot and rushed to hospital.

The priest told RTE's Today with Sean O’Rourke that his ward is being guarded by uniformed and armed gardai, and there are up to six patients in his ward.

Gilligan was “a lucky man” to be alive and “there was blood everywhere” by the time the gang leader arrived at the hospital, Fr O'Mahony said.

“There was blood everywhere... with the wounds he had, he was a lucky man...a bullet grazed his head...he had blood everywhere.”

“We realised who it was...He was in great pain, and all of the nurses and doctors were working professionally on him.”

“I would say that ten people were working on him at one time.”

Fr O’Mahony said he administered the sacrament of the sick with general absolution, but he doesn’t know if Gilligan was conscious of it at the time.

“He was brought from casualty in for a CT scan, and later on he was brought to theatre that night. I saw him in the ward about 5am, he was asleep.”

“Certainly it could have gone [either] way. It was 50/50 for a while.”

“For a case like that, there’s always a uniformed garda and an armed garda.”

Two ambulances arrived, Fr O’Mahony said, containing Gilligan, gardai and paramedics.

Gilligan’s family arrived at the hospital fifteen minutes later and they were brought into the family room at the hospital.

“John was in the first ambulance with the crew and gardai from Ronanstown.”

“A quarter of an hour later [his family] arrived.”

Fr O'Mahony is due to visit the gang boss on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, it has been revealed that a gangland boss ordered the hit on John Gilligan after receiving a demand for cash from the convicted drugs trafficker.

Gilligan has infuriated several underworld figures by attempting to "tap" them for money since his release from Portlaoise Prison last October.

Among those targeted by the 62-year-old were associates of a notorious Irish criminal, now based in Spain, who regards Gilligan as "a weak link" attracting garda attention to their bids to set up profitable drug deals.

Gardai say it is not yet clear whether the overseas criminal played any direct role in the botched assassination attempt on the man behind the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin – but it is the strongest line of inquiry.

One senior officer said: "There is a long queue of people, who would like to see Gilligan disappear.

"Since his release from jail, he has annoyed a lot of criminals, who were previously involved in illegal business deals, and are now being put under pressure by him to give him a dig out.

"He appears to have had no access to real money since he got out of jail and is under the impression that others owe him a favour because of his standing before he was sent to prison," the officer added.

Despite the gangland connections to the shooting incident, gardai believe those behind the attempted murder were "amateurish".

The gunman fired six shots and Gilligan was hit at least three times in the stomach, hip and leg.

It is understood he suffered a leg fracture. A bullet also grazed his head and he received a minor wound to his chest.

Gardai said the gun used in the attack was similar to the weapon abandoned by gunmen after a previous planned shooting of Gilligan last December.

Gilligan was last night in a stable condition at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown following surgery.

Several family members visited the hospital yesterday but had no comment to make when approached by journalists, except: "I don't know how you sleep at night."

On Saturday, members of the Gilligan family, including his brother, Thomas, had been attending a function at the Silver Granite pub in Palmerstown following a Christening ceremony for the latter's grandchild.

John Gilligan did not attend the pub celebrations but did later call to Thomas's house at Greenfort Crescent in Clondalkin, where he has spent some of his time since he got out of jail.

Gilligan is reported to have been driven to the house by his daughter, Tracey, from his house at Jessbrook, on the Kildare-Meath border, where he had an equestrian centre that has since been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

He was inside for half an hour when shortly after 7pm two masked men forced their way in through the front door.

One of the attackers was armed with a 9mm Luger handgun and opened fire. He pursued Gilligan, who was not wearing a bullet-proof vest, into the kitchen and fired again.

The two men then fled from the house and made their getaway in a silver SUV.

The priest who gave the gangster the Last Rites has revealed that up to 20 doctors attended to him as they battled to save his life at Connolly Hospital.

Fr Dan Joe O'Mahony said that there was "blood, blood, blood everywhere" in the resuscitation room.

"It would have been 50/50 whether he would survive or not. His heart was up and down and he could have gone at any moment," the priest said.

The Greenfort Crescent estate was cordoned off for most of yesterday while a garda team carried out a forensic examination of the house.

When the cordon was finally lifted after 6pm, Thomas Gilligan arrived home and stood in his front yard speaking with one of the gardai who had maintained a vigil outside.

When approached by the Irish Independent, he indicated firmly that he did not wish to make any comment.

Following a case conference at Lucan garda station yesterday, investigating officers issued an appeal for help from anybody who spotted men acting suspiciously outside the Greenfort Crescent house on Saturday or noticed the silver SUV being driven at speed.

Two unmarked garda cars were parked at the doors of the hospital and security was said to be tight at the room where Gilligan is now being treated.

GUNMEN

Looking tired and drawn, his wife Geraldine, daughter Tracey, and son Darren were sitting in the reception area when approached for comment on his condition and on the events around the murder attempt.

"Just turn around and go. I don't know how you sleep at night," said Tracey.

One definite line of inquiry is that the shooting is linked to another incident in December when two men arrived in a Dublin pub looking for Gilligan.

On that occasion the gunmen panicked and sped away on a motorcycle after they had targeted the wrong pub.

Gilligan had been drinking that day in the Hole in the Wall pub beside the Phoenix Park but the gunmen went to the Halfway House premises, less than a kilometre away.

They were pursued by passing gardai and threw away their weapon, which was later recovered by officers.