Doorman shot dead foiling bomb bid, inquest hears

A doorman guarding a republican social function at the Widow Scallan’s pub in Dublin was shot dead while trying to fend off a loyalist bomb attack, an inquest heard today.

Martin Doherty, 35, from Ballymun, Dublin died on Pearse St after he was shot several times in the chest by gunmen on May 21, 1994.