Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

I wish to extend my deepest sympathy to the family of the 20 year old apprentice who was shot this morning. I also extend my sympathies to the family of the victim of the other murder in Kilkenny. I know nothing about the apprentice who was shot this morning, other than that he comes from the inner city and possibly from a disadvantaged economic environment. This young man had obviously been encouraged or had decided to make something of his life but he was callously murdered because he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. As a child, I was a great fan of 1930s gangster films.