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The scene outside the apartment complex in Santry on Thursday morning. Photocall Ireland

Shooting

Man charged and named in connection with north Dublin murder

Edward Flanagan was shot dead at an apartment in Santry on Wednesday.

Updated 5.30pm

A MAN HAS appeared in court today charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Edward Flanagan in north Dublin earlier this week.

Flanagan, 51, was shot dead in an apartment in Green Larch Hill in Santry, north Dublin on Wednesday night.

Peter Donnelly, 50, has been charged with possession of a firearm, RTÉ reports. From Priorswood in Dublin 17, he has been remanded in custody for a week at Dublin District Court this afternoon.

A handgun was found near the scene of the shooting.

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