Man gunned down in front of daughter

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was gunned down in front of his 11-year-old stepdaughter in an apparent gangland killing yesterday.

Dublin native Gerard Eglington, 27, was at home with his stepdaughter and three-year-old son when he was attacked at about 8.30am at The Glen housing estate, adjacent to Kilnacourt Woods, in Portarlington, Co Laois.

It is understood a gunman entered the house through an unlocked front door and shot him at least four times.