IRA claims responsibility for Cork punishment shooting Saturday, June 15, 2013 By Sean O’Riordan The Real IRA has claimed responsibility for the “punishment shooting” of a 33-year-old old man in Cork City after claiming he was involved in “unrepublican conduct”. The statement was issued on “behalf of the Cork Brigade of the [Real] IRA” following the attack which they say took place at “The Long Lane”, which is in the Dublin Hill/Ballyvolane area.
A senior garda confirmed that a man presented with an injury at Cork University Hospital at about 11pm last Thursday and they were satisfied he had been “the victim of a punishment-style shooting”.
His injuries were not described as not life-threatening.
The Cork 32 County Sovereignty Movement issued a statement after the shooting saying it had “been contacted anonymously by the (Real) IRA using a recognised codeword”.
The statement said the victim has served time in Portlaoise prison for IRA membership, but was subsequently acquitted.
After his release he moved to Dublin, but in recent times he has returned to live in his native Cork.
They said “he was shot in the leg for his unrepublican conduct”.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, gardaí are searching for four masked men who burst into a house in North Cork, tied up the occupants and beat them.
Gardaí believe the attackers used sledgehammers to break down the door of the house at Carrigane, 1km south of Kilbehenny, at around 11pm last Thursday.
A husband, his wife, and a female relative, who are all in their 50s, were attacked and had to receive hospital treatment.
It is believed that the man may also have been hit by fragments of glass after a shot was fired through a window.
The raiders are understood to have escaped with a small amount of money.
Gardaí are examining CCTV and carrying out house-to-house inquiries in the area.
Anybody with information is asked to contact Mitchelstown Garda Station at (025) 84833.
In another, unconnected incident, gardaí in Gurranabraher are investigating who fired shots through the bedroom window of a house at Limewood Grove, near Onslow Gardens.
Three people were in the house, apparently watching television in a downstairs sitting room, and did not hear the shots fired.
It is believed that the gunman struck some time between 1.30am and 5.30am yesterday.
