Gangland killing - We must not be immune to violence

THE chilling account of the latest gangland killing in Dublin is reminiscent of Chicago in the 1920s, when brutal murder was an everyday occurrence.

That Ireland is bedevilled by rampant violence is underscored by the latest cold-blooded murder in which a gunman followed a 23-year-old customer into the toilet of a pub and shot him in the mouth while a henchman stood guard at the door.

But hardly an eyebrow was raised when the gardaí revealed a separate murder investigation was already underway in the same district following the discovery of the body of a man in his early 40s who had been bound and beaten to death in his flat.