A brother of bankrupt developer Sean Dunne has been awarded €10,000 by the High Court over intimidation of him and his family by the "debt collection agency" run by the criminal Martin "the Viper" Foley.

The high-profile Dublin crime figure Martin 'The Viper' Foley remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital this morning.

It is believed that the man shot today at the fitness club at KCR is the well known Dublin criminal Martin 'The Viper' Foley, although this remains to be confirmed by gardaí.