Violence erupts in Sligo as gardaí probe Lynch gunman theory

VIOLENCE erupted in Sligo as it emerged the man who killed David Lynch earlier this month may be the same gunman who murdered settled traveller Hughie McGinley in 2005.

That is one of the theories gardaí are investigating as the fallout from the murder of the father of four continued with violence breaking out in the city over the past week.

Two men were injured after they were attacked by masked men, armed with baseball bats and sticks in savage beatings in Cranmore and Woodtown Lodge.