Additional garda patrols have been approved.
Graffiti at the entrance to the Moneymore estate. Image: Garreth MacNamee Graffiti at the entrance to the Moneymore estate. Image: Garreth MacNamee A CONVICTED CRIMINAL gardaí believe is heavily involved in the ongoing Drogheda violence is set for release from prison next week just days after the latest gun attack linked to the ongoing feud.
A man was shot in the Louth town earlier this week in what officers believe was part of the ongoing feud.Gardaí have been carrying out a number of search operations in the town and on its outskirts in the last two weeks as they prepare for the release of a “serious player” from prison.This week’s shooting took place in the Hardmans Gardens area of Drogheda shortly after 4pm on Wednesday.
Describing the “indiscriminate attack” as “callous and reckless” Superintendent Andrew Watters of Drogheda Garda Station said the broad daylight shooting endangered members of the public and children.On 5 July last year, Owen Maguire was shot a number of times at his home on Cement Road in Drogheda. He somehow survived being shot at least four times at close range with a handgun.
At 11.15pm on 8 November – Thursday of last week – a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in the Termon Abbey area. There were no injuries but there was some minor damage to the property.
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