Shot man may have talked to gardaí about murders

A window cleaner shot dead as he cycled close to a school may have been targeted because it was believed he spoke to gardaí about the murders of two other men.

John O’Regan, 48, a married father of one, died after being hit by up to six bullets as he cycled to work in Ballymun, Dublin, at around 8.45am yesterday.

The attack took place on Gateway Avenue, a residential cul de sac a short distance from Ballymun Garda Station and just metres from the grounds of a school which would normally have been packed at this hour but was closed for the Easter holidays