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A man shot and seriously injured in a gun attack in Dublin over a year ago has died in hospital.
Barry Wolverson, aged in his early 40s, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and body following a shooting near Dublin Airport in January of last year.
He was struck a number of times while sitting in a Mercedes car at Killeek Lane, St Margaret’s, Swords, and rushed to Beaumont Hospital.
The gun victim had been in a critical condition ever since and yesterday was pronounced dead.
A garda spokeswoman said: “Gardaí investigating the shooting incident at Killeek Lane, St. Margaret s, Swords, Co. Dublin that occurred on 17th January, 2020 can confirm that the injured man (early 40s) has passed away.
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Sun, 21 Feb, 2021 - 10:34 Taoiseach taking it upon himself to tell our employees they won’t have jobs back until summer : Cork hospitality figures critical of reopening update
Vienna Woods Hotel proprietor Michael Magner said he was disappointed with the lack of communication towards the hospitality sector.
John Bohane
BUSINESS figures within the Cork hospitality industry have expressed their disappointment following the Taoiseach’s admission that Ministers will not consider reopening hospitality until the middle of the summer.
Micheál Martin expressed concern about uncertainties surrounding new variants of coronavirus and high numbers of infections as he said: We don t foresee the reopening of pubs etc before the middle of the summer.”
Sat, 30 Jan, 2021 - 15:00
A year in review: 12 months of living with Covid-19 and how Cork has coped during the pandemic
The world has now been living with Covid-19 for the last 12 months in what can only be described as an unprecedented event in our lifetime.
Breda Graham
As we mark 12 months since the novel coronavirus that emerged in China became a story, moving rapidly from a snippet in world news to the front page, The Echo’s Breda Graham recounts the story so far of Covid-19, and for Cork
It is now 12 months since The Echo first reported on a new virus that was emerging in central China. As cases of a new respiratory illness emerged out of Wuhan, in Ireland the Health Service Executive (HSE) South briefed Cork doctors on this novel coronavirus on January 23, 2020.