Cork dissident murdered: ‘Beast’ gunned down on street

The man killed in an apparent ordered hit in a suburban street in Cork’s northside was a well-known dissident republican, Aidan O’Driscoll.

Also known as ‘the Beast’, he was the victim of a previous ‘punishment attack’ three years ago, claimed by the Real IRA.

But it appears that yesterday evening’s shooting in Blackpool was intended to kill the 37-year-old. Gardaí are to investigate reports that he was shot several times on the ground after slumping across the street from where he was first shot on Commons Road.