Disgraced developer and his family survive ambush

A disgraced developer and former general election running mate of Brian Cowen fled from a gunman with his father and two young children in Co Offaly yesterday.

Father-of-four Ger Killally, 44, was ambushed by a masked gunman as he drove from his home at Shean near Edenderry with his father Jay, daughter Aoibheann, 3, and son Ferdia, 2, at about 10.40am.

A witness, who declined to be named, said assailants were lying in wait outside the ex-Fianna Fáil county council chairman’s house as he prepared to leave in his silver VW Passat.