Law and order put front and centre of campaign after recent shootings

Day six of the campaign saw Sinn Féin and Gerry Adams put under significant pressure over their call to abolish the Special Criminal Court, writes Daniel McConnell

Last night’s brutal killing of Eddie Hutch in a gangland attack in Dublin’s north inner city has brought law and order to the centre of the general election campaign.

Hutch, who was gunned down, was slain by what was described as a “four-man hit squad” on Poplar Row in Ballybough.