Gardaí are currently investigating all lines of enquiry. \ Philip Doyle
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A 58-year-old man, understood to be an agri-contractor, was shot and killed in a farmhouse outside Macroom, Co Cork, on Tuesday 23 October.
“At approximately 11:40pm, gardaí were called to the scene of an incident at Raleigh North near Macroom,” a garda statement said.
“A man in his 50s was treated at the scene for an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead a short time later.”
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Gardaí later arrested a man in his 60s and detained him at Bandon garda station.
Gardaí are said to be investigating all lines of enquiry, but it is thought that a local dispute is linked to the killing.
The body of the man remains at the scene and the Office of the State Pathologist has been notified.
Anyone who has any information or who was in the Raleigh North area of Macroom between 10.30pm and midnight on Tuesday night is asked to contact Macroom Garda station on 026-20590, the Garda confidential line 00n 1800-666-111 or any Garda station.
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A 58-year-old man, understood to be an agri-contractor, was shot and killed in a farmhouse outside Macroom, Co Cork, on Tuesday 23 October.
“At approximately 11:40pm, gardaí were called to the scene of an incident at Raleigh North near Macroom,” a garda statement said.
“A man in his 50s was treated at the scene for an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead a short time later.”
Gardaí later arrested a man in his 60s and detained him at Bandon garda station.
Gardaí are said to be investigating all lines of enquiry, but it is thought that a local dispute is linked to the killing.
The body of the man remains at the scene and the Office of the State Pathologist has been notified.
Anyone who has any information or who was in the Raleigh North area of Macroom between 10.30pm and midnight on Tuesday night is asked to contact Macroom Garda station on 026-20590, the Garda confidential line 00n 1800-666-111 or any Garda station.
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