Gang killers ‘aren’t untouchable’

THE conviction of a hitman for a gangland murder this week sent out a clear message to criminals that they were not untouchable, the Minister for Justice said yesterday.

Wed, 16 Nov, 2005 - 00:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

Michael McDowell also said the gardaí were succeeding in the fight against gangland crime.

He was responding to the murder of two men in a gangland feud on Sunday and the conviction on Monday of a man for the execution of Limerick doorman Brian Fitzgerald in November, 2002.

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