A doorman of a public house was gunned down by a pillion passenger on a motorcycle on a busy Dublin street, an inquest heard today.

NIGHT-TIME revellers watched in horror as the doorman of a busy city centre pub was gunned down in a drive-by attack, the tenth gangland- style shooting since the start of the year.

Detectives investigating a drive-by shooting in Dublin in which a pub doorman was killed today appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Gardaí have named the man who was shot dead outside a public bar on Dublin's Eden Quay last night.

A man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend and stabbing her mother could have lost control because of severe paranoia and very poor impulse control caused by "a continuum of abuse" in his childhood, a psychiatrist told a murder jury today.