A bunch of flowers on a cold frosty morning was the only sign that just over 24 hours previously a 35 year father of three had been gunned down as he sat in a taxi. Christmas wreaths and trees decorated the houses in the quiet residential estate where neighbours were coming to terms with the terrible tragedy which had taken place on their doorstep. One woman described how she screamed down the phone as she looked out her window and told the police what was happening on the road below.
A man who walked into a police station a short time later is due to appear in court tomorrow. The taxi driver and a 21 year woman who was also in the car were also injured.
The shooting was the front page story on several papers today and will be on our paper as well. Sadly such killings are not as unusual in Ireland as they once were but there's a sense of shock when it happens close to home.