Brothers who fired on Traveller family 'intended to kill'

Brothers who allegedly fired a sawn off shot gun at a family of Travellers at St Dominic’s Park on January 1, 2005 intended to kill them a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard this morning.

Patrick McDonagh (aged 31) and Martin McDonagh (aged 42), of Dunsink Lane, Finglas Dublin, have pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of John Gavin, Robert Gavin and Patrick Paul Gavin at St Dominic’s Park, Belcamp Lane, Coolock on January 1, 2005.