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GARDAÍ HAVE NAMED the man shot dead in Buncrana, Co Donegal as 24-year-old Andrew Allen.
Gardai in Buncrana are investigating the circumstances of the fatal shooting of Allen last night.
They are appealing for witnesses who may have been in the Links View Park area of Buncrana prior to or after the shooting and anyone who may have seen anything unusual or suspicious in the days leading up to the shooting.
Gardai are also appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything unusual or suspicious in or around Ballybone, Fahan where the Silver Vauxhall Cavalier car, registration number SJI 2117, was found burned out shortly after the shooting.
This area is just off the Buncrana to Derry Road.
Gardaí say they are anxious to trace the movements of this car before and after the shooting along the Buncrana to Derry road.
They say there may also have been a second car in the Ballybone area around the time of the shooting.
Allen received fatal injuries in the shooting incident which occurred at around 9.20pm in a house at Links View Park, Buncrana. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman who was also in the house at the time was uninjured.
Witnesses are asked to contact Buncrana Garda Station on 074-9320540, the Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
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Has life no value? I for one am fed up of hearing about stabbings and shootings in Ireland. Daily occurrence.
Going to get worse! Less gardai on the street and more criminals roaming free. Criminal justice system in this country favours the criminal by giving him chance after chance. That coupled with the recruitment freeze and budget restrictions of the gardai can only mean that more of this is set to continue and get worse. Criminals have no budgetary restrictions…..
yes indeed ; if the free legal aid budget was spent on crime detection instead, it might be scarce resources better used. Now I’m not against people having a lawyer etc in court, but I DO have a problem with the same individuals appearing again & again & again ad infinitum and getting paid-for defence EVERY time. To me it also makes the recidivists respect the law & society in general less.
Yes and that solicitor in court last week for swindling 50million.He has millions in foreign bank accounts,and we pay his legal aid.Beggars belief.
R.I.P. Andrew Allen another young life thoughts and prayers for your family at this terrible time
It is absolutely terrible news.
The article does seem to omit the many article references to the likelihood he was a drug dealing selling cocaine to youngsters though. However, it doesn’t make it any more deserved. These organisations are not juries!
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