Gardaí ‘closing in’ on men behind gangland killing

Gardaí are confident of making progress in the investigation into the gangland murder of Gerard Eglington in Co Laois last Monday.

The investigation team is understood to be closing in on the two killers who gunned the 27-year-old down at his home in Kilnacourt Woods in Portarlington.

The shooting, which took place at 8.30am, was witnessed by his 11-year-old stepdaughter and three-year-old son.