53-year-old man dies following Dublin city centre shooting

Gardaí are hoping CCTV footage and forensic tests on a handgun will assist them in identifying the culprits behind the latest gangland murder in Dublin.

David ‘Daithí’ Douglas, aged 53, was shot up to four times at close range on Bridgefoot St, in Dublin’s south inner city, at 4.15pm yesterday.

Douglas, from Cabra in the north inner city and the father of a teenage daughter, was brought to nearby St James’s Hospital but died a short time after.