Man sentenced to life for murdering friend in 'execution-style killing'

The prosecution said Neil Fitzgerald was 'riddled with bullets' having been shot six times

A Garda forensic team at the scene of the shooting in 2016 at Hills Lane, Crooksling, near Tallaght in Dublin. File photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A 33-year-old man was paid €10,000 to murder his friend, who was "lured" to a country lane and "riddled" with bullets in an "execution-style killing", the Central Criminal Court heard on Thursday morning as it jailed him for life.

Conor Dolan, with an address at Ashbrook Apartments, Navan Road, Dublin 7, pleaded guilty in July, to murdering Neil Fitzgerald (36) at Hills Lane, Crooksling, Tallaght, Dublin 24 on June 5, 2016.