Gardai name Dublin murder victim

Gardai in Dublin have named the 40-year-old man who was shot dead in south Dublin last night as Raymond Sallinger, from Eugene Street.

Mr Sallinger died in hospital after being shot in the head and chest in a pub off Clanbrassil Street in Dublin 8 shortly before 10pm.

The gangland-style killing was carried out by a two masked men, one armed with a handgun, who fled the scene in a black car.

Gardai said the victim was involved in the sale of illegal drugs. They are not linking the murder to the execution of another gangland figure, Niall Mulvihill, in north Dublin last week.