Shotgun blast went off after ‘out of it’ man seeking revenge fell over dog

A shot was discharged from a sawn-off shotgun when a man who was threatening to shoot a woman tripped over her dog.

The woman yesterday described how Cian Walsh, aged 30, pointed the shotgun to her chin and she felt that in one false move, she could have been killed.

Det Garda Aoife Hayes said: “He was clearly out of it when this took place. He was positioned on the steps and pointed the double-barrel shotgun at her saying: ‘I will kill you, I will kill him, I will kill all of you.’