Gardaí puzzled over why man was shot dead

THE young man brutally killed in his home by close-range shotgun blasts was not a criminal, but had been seen with drug gang members who gardaí said “don’t need many reasons to kill a young fella”.

Gardaí in Clondalkin, west Dublin, said Mr Damien Dowdall was not a criminal himself and had never been arrested in relation to, or charged with, any offence.

But sources yesterday said the 22-year-old man had been seen with criminals who were associated with a major drug dealer in the Clondalkin area.