Father watched as gunman shot son four times, inquest hears

The father of a drug dealer watched as his son was fatally shot four times in the chest, an inquest heard yesterday.

Mark Glennon, aged 32, was shot by a lone gunman in the garden of his home at Hazelwood Crescent, Hartstown, Dublin 15, on Sept 7, 2005. He was killed five months after his brother Andrew was also murdered in a gangland shooting.

Mr Glennon, a father of one, had been hiding out in his home at the time of his death having been notified by gardaí that someone had made threats on his life, Dublin Coroner’s Court heard.