The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of a double murder in the city two years ago has heard evidence from State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy.

Detectives were tonight hunting a lone gunman after a 41-year-old man was killed in a suspected drugs-related shooting – the fifth gun death in Ireland since the start of the year.

A man has been shot dead in Dublin’s latest gangland-style gun attack.

A 22-YEAR-OLD man charged yesterday for last weekend’s double murder told the judge he was “stitched up”.

A man appeared in court tonight charged in connection with the fatal shooting of two men in Dublin last Sunday.

Gardaí have had a breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of two men in Dublin city centre at the weekend.

Garda sub-aqua divers had to break through ice on the frozen Royal Canal today to search for a gun used in a double murder at the weekend.

GARDAÍ expect to bring charges in the coming days for the double murder of Brendan Molyneaux and Paddy Mooney last Sunday. The prospect will put pressure on the north Dublin gang boss who is suspected of ordering the gun attack.

LOCALS were still in shock yesterday at a brutal double gangland murder in the heart of a Dublin inner city flat complex.

Two men were behind a vicious double murder at a flats complex in which an innocent bystander was gunned down, detectives revealed today.

Detectives were today hunting two men over a double murder at a flats complex in the second fatal gun attack within days.