Shooting victim was killed over drugs debt

The victim of Sunday night’s gangland shooting was murdered in front of his father and brother in a Dublin pub over what is believed to be a row over a drug debt.

Gardaí yesterday confirmed the victim was Paul Cullen, 26, who was targeted by a masked gunman as he sat with family and friends in his local pub, The Cabra House on Fassaugh Avenue in Cabra. It is understood he tried to throw chairs at his attacker to defend himself. He was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering shotgun wounds to the head.

Mr Cullen, a father of one, had survived an attempt on his life last August. He had been warned by gardaí that his life was under threat.