Since the day she suffered a heart attack as her husband of 27 years bled to death outside their backdoor after he was gunned down, there has been one thing that kept Margaret Madden going — the fight for justice.

Yesterday’s High Court ruling that awarded over €750,000 in damages to the widow of a victim of hired killers is a victory for tenacity and most of all justice.

The widow of a Co Sligo man who was gunned down in 1999 has been awarded nearly €750,000 in a long legal battle against the men responsible for his murder.

A woman whose husband was gunned down outside their family home has launched an action for damages over his murder.