Ireland Crime

Reports that the accused was denied High Court bail over a shooting near Centra Corduff on 26 August 2025, adjacent to the Yu Hong House Chinese restaurant. No name is given for the accused or the victim.

First report of arrests in connection with the August 2025 shooting in Corduff, Dublin 15.

First report of arrests in connection with the August 2025 Corduff shooting; one male in his 20s due before the Criminal Courts of Justice the same evening.

First report of the shooting and the subsequent arrests of three suspects in Blanchardstown.

Reports the arrest of three individuals in connection with the 26 August shooting, including the legal basis for their detention.

Adds the specific time (4.40pm), precise location (Blackcourt Avenue, Dublin 15), victim's age (40s), injury status (non-life-threatening), and the legal sections under which the suspects are detained (Section 30 Offences Against the State Act 1939 for the woman; Section 50 Criminal Justice Act 2007 for the two men).

Reports three arrests (a woman in her 50s, a man in his 20s and a man in his late teens) made during garda searches in Blanchardstown, and the detention powers used. The shooting victim was a man in his 40s taken to hospital.

Official Garda press release confirming the three arrests, specifying the legal basis for detention (Section 30 Offences Against the State Act for the woman, Section 50 Criminal Justice Act for the two men), and issuing a witness appeal.

Provides alleged motive (teenage Hennessy associate threatened with knives), details on Joey Morgan's 78 previous convictions and criminal history, his brother David (35) also being targeted, context on the Hennessy family feud including the Christmas Eve 2023 murder of Jason Hennessy Sr, jail attacks on Jason Hennessy Jr and Brandon Hennessy at Mountjoy Prison, and the Special Criminal Court torture trial involving Devon Hennessy, Kenneth Fitzsimons and Dean Fitzsimons.

Adds that gardaí believe the attack was planned, the victim and a close associate were chased by the gunman, the victim is well known to gardaí with dozens of previous criminal convictions, and the attackers are suspected to be associates of Jason Hennessy snr. No arrests have been made.

Live blog providing initial details of the shooting, including the specific location (Yu Hong House takeaway near Corduff Shopping Centre, Blackcourt Avenue, Dublin 15), the time (approximately 4:40pm), that the victim is a 41-year-old convicted burglar well-known to gardai, and that he was targeted by young men believed to be connected to murder victim Jason Hennessy Sr. Also notes an associate of the victim was involved in a Dublin Bus brawl on the Navan Road the previous week.

Provides detail on the victim (41-year-old convicted burglar with 70+ convictions), identifies the attackers as young thugs connected to Jason Hennessy Sr's associates, describes the local dispute context, and includes background on the Hennessy family criminal history including Devon Hennessy's guilty plea for a February 2025 torture attack.

Initial report of the shooting; no arrests made at time of reporting; scene cordoned off for technical examination; appeal for dash-cam and camera footage from between 4:20pm and 5:20pm.

Initial witness appeal issued by Gardaí following the shooting; no arrests made and technical examination of the scene underway at the time of publication.