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Gardaí at the scene of this week’s murder at Robinson’s Court as local residents pass by. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Almost inevitably, any report from the scene of a murder in Ireland will include a neighbour saying that “nothing like this ever happens around here”.
Unfortunately, it is a cliché which does not apply to Robinson’s Court, a small rectangle of flats located just of Cork Street in Dublin’s south inner city.
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A murder investigation is continuing this morning, after the discovery of a man s body in Dublin city.
The pensioner was discovered dead at a flat complex for elderly people in Robinson s Court on Cork Street yesterday.
A post mortem will be carried out today on his remains at the city morgue.
Sinn Fein Councillor Maire Devine says residents are very proud of their complex.
She said his neighbours described the man as friendly, affable and quiet . There was never any trouble whatsoever , she said.
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Gardai hunt for killer in Cork street murder By Alison O Reilly File image A murder investigation is continuing this morning, after the discovery of a man s body in Dublin city.
The pensioner was discovered dead at a flat complex for elderly people in Robinson s Court on Cork Street yesterday.
A post mortem will be carried out today on his remains at the city morgue.
Sinn Fein Councillor Maire Devine says residents of the complex told her they knew him.
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Gardai launch major probe into gun attack on boy, 17, shot in neck and lower body as teen named and pictured
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Updated: 26 Feb 2021, 8:59
GARDAI are probing a gun attack on a boy who was shot in the neck and lower body.
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Officers from the Garda Technical Bureau collect evidence at the scene in Eugene Street, DublinCredit: PA:Press Association
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A car, which gardai suspect was used as a getaway vehicle, was found burned out in the nearby Greenville AvenueCredit: PA:Press Association
A major attempted murder investigation is under way and cops are still working to try and establish the motive behind the attack just before 11pm in the residential area of Eugene Street. Gardai are examining the lad’s links and movements in the area.
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