Ahern blames witnesses for gun crime failures

AN TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday squarely blamed the lack of co-operation from potential witnesses as the main reason for low detection rates for gun murders in Ireland.

Mr Ahern came up with a surprising explanation for failures in tracking down the perpetrators of gun crime.

Leader’s Questions was dominated by what the opposition described as the crisis caused three fatal shootings over the weekend, including the gunning down of an innocent bystander, Eddie Ward, in Walkinstown, Dublin, over the weekend.