Taoiseach condemns O'Hagan murder

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has condemned the murder of Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan as "senseless and brutal".

"Those responsible for this barbarous act have no place in the new society all right-thinking people are trying to build," he said.

"They have deprived a family of a husband and a father for no other reason than to satisfy their craven thirst for violence.

"They will not be allowed destroy attempts to build a peaceful and violent free society," he added.