Murder victim ‘was trying to turn his life around’

Martin O’Rourke was trying to turn his life around and was expecting another child when he was gunned down in Dublin last week.

The 24-year-old was shot dead on Sheriff St in a case of mistaken identity. The attack is being linked to the feud between the Kinahan crime cartel and the Hutch gang, which has claimed five lives, including four in Dublin in 10 weeks.

Larry Power, the father of Mr O’Rourke’s partner, said Martin had been clean of drugs for seven and a half months and was on his way to a back to education course when he was shot.