Boy charged with Tallaght murder

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of teenage Traveller Melanie McCarthy-McNamara.

Boy charged with Tallaght murder
Tue, 02 Oct, 2012 - 13:31

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of teenage Traveller Melanie McCarthy-McNamara.

The 16-year-old victim was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in February as she sat in the back seat of a car with three others on a housing estate in the Tallaght area of Dublin.

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