Gardaí do not believe the shooting dead of a man in a Dublin pub last night was part of a gangland-style killing, it has emerged today.
The 35-year-old man was shot dead in front of a number of patrons in Clery's pub on the Sarsfield Road, Inchicore, shortly after 9.15 p.m.
A Garda spokesman said that while he believed the killing was "targeted", preliminary inquiries did not reveal evidence of a gangland-style killing.
Witnesses say the assailant entered the pub wearing a motorcycle helmet and fired several shots at the victim, one of them apparently hitting him in the upper body.
The gunman later escaped on a motorcycle. The victim was rushed to St James's Hospital where he later died. The man who is understood to be the father of nine children was named locally as Mr Thomas Canavan of Myra Close in Inchicore.
Gardaí are currently conducting a detailed forensic examination of the crime scene and interviewing witnesses to the shooting.