It was 50-50 if Gilligan would live or die

A chaplain who administered Last Rites to former crime boss John Gilligan said it was “50-50” for a period if he would live or die.

It was 50-50 if Gilligan would live or die

Fr Dan Joe O’Mahony said that, from listening and talking to the medical staff, it could have “gone either way” for Gilligan.

The 61-year-old was shot four times when armed gunmen burst into his brother’s house in Clondalkin, west Dublin, at 7pm on Saturday.

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