Gardaí in Dublin are investigating an incident in which a postal worker was shot in the back with an air rifle yesterday afternoon.

THE taxi driver who was caught up in the gangland killing of criminal John Daly outside his home yesterday was lucky to have escaped with his life, said gardaí.

The 27-year-old man shot dead during a gangland-style attack in west Dublin last night has been named locally as well-known criminal John Daly.

A 27-year-old man has died following a gangland-style gun attack in the Finglas area of west Dublin this morning.

GARDAÍ fear gangland criminal John Daly — who was released from prison on Tuesday — may be targeted by powerful enemies he made while in Portlaoise Prison.