Gardaí in shooting may face charges

THE Director of Public Prosecutions is considering whether criminal charges should be brought against armed gardaí who shot dead two raiders in a trap last May.

Colm Griffin and Eric Hopkins were shot by members of the elite Emergency Response Unit (ERU) as they attempted to rob a post office in Lusk, north Dublin, on May 26.

The post office had been staked out by armed officers, who were waiting inside and outside the building, after they received a tip-off.