Daniel Gaynor: life and ath of a gun for hire |

Contents:

• DANIEL GAYNOR: LIFE AND ATH OF A GUN FOR HIRE
• MAN HELD DANIEL GAYNOR MURR SE
• DUBL: MURRED FGLAS GANGSTER DANIEL GAYNOR LKED TO TWO MURRS
• MAN CHARGED WH DANIEL GAYNOR MURR
• GAYNOR MURR TRIAL HEARS BALLISTICS EVINCE
• DANIEL GAYNOR
• MAN HELD OVER GAYNOR SHOOTG

DANIEL GAYNOR: LIFE AND ATH OF A GUN FOR HIRE

GARDAI are ntug the hunt for the killers of Daniel Gaynor who was gunned down ont of his young children at the the quiry to the latt gangland h ntu, a fuller picture of the victim, who was lked to several aths around the cy, has hman Gaynor had been amassg so many enemi was only a matter of time before he was shot, acrdg to (25) was spected of volvement at least four murrs and had a ser reputatn for vlent and erratic gun for hire was jt seven years of age when his father was shot ad by gardai durg a botched raid on the Tara Post Office Dunshghl, Co grew up wh ltle regard for the law and died by the gun. Disvered the murr weapon and vtigatns are ntug but numero l of enquiry and possible motiv for the killg are emergg bee of Gaynor's vlent seemed sted for a life of crime om an early age and had been nvicted of his first ser offence by the age of 2004, Gaynor was given a six-year sentence for firg a gunshot through the wdow of the hoe of another teenager bee he was owed € was tried and nvicted of wns timidatn relatn to the same se urt heard that the timidatn of the 62-year-old female victim was so severe that a wns protectn programme was "immediately" arranged for told her that her son's days were numbered and ma a gture of a shotgun to his November 2007, he received an 18-month sentence after he was ught wh e and diazepam durg a 2005 appearance at Dubl District should have been behd bars at the time of his March, he was jailed for three months for repeatedly punchg a man he blamed for attackg his David McHugh spend the sentence for a year but was set to have been reactivated last month when Gaynor was brought before the urts for public orr offenc, but he walked ee om the urts pendg an appeal of that cisn which will never be 's volvement crime evolved to the more sister world of beg a gun-for-hire after his release om prison was a leadg spect at least three murrs and was terviewed by gardai on a number of was the ma spect the shootg of postman Robert Delany shootg left nocent Robert (28), also a father of two children, a vegetative state hospal needg 24-hour (25) and another Fglas man are believed to have been reced as thugs-for-hire to rry out the attack on the nocent father-of-two bee he had tervened a pub row. Detectiv are vtigatg whether the motive for Gaynor's murr was his spected volvement the shootg ad of, Colm 'Collie' Owens an associate of Eamonn 'The Don' (34), was shot eight tim the head and body at the Corn Store animal feed warehoe, where he worked, the Grove dtrial tate, Dubber Cross,.

MAN HELD DANIEL GAYNOR MURR SE

Daniel Gaynor - Shot ad Augt. Daniel Gaynor was shot ad ont of his two children at the junctn of Barnmore Crcent and St Helena's Road on 14 Augt. Younger brother Keh soon followed him to jail for murrg Daniel Gaynor Fglas two months later and then John was himself sla September 2012 as part of a Ballyfermot fd.

MURDERED FINGLAS GANGSTER/HITMAN DANIEL GAYNOR LINKED TO TWO MURDERS:.

DUBL: MURRED FGLAS GANGSTER DANIEL GAYNOR LKED TO TWO MURRS

Daniel Gaynor (25), a father of two, was also believed to have rried out a shootg on behalf of a former IRA member which left nocent postman Robert Delany a permanent vegetative state. Gaynor, origally om Berryfield Drive, Fglas, is the 18th person to die gun attacks so far this year, almost of all of which have been gang-related. A gunman walked up to Gaynor and fired a number of shots om a handgun, at least one of which fatally wound him the neck..

Gaynor was taken by ambulance to Connolly Hospal, Blanchardstown, where he was pronounced ad a short time later. Gaynor was well known to gardaí and served jail terms for dgs offenc, firearms offenc and timidatn of wns. In 2006, Gaynor was tried and nvicted of wns timidatn.

Gaynor told her that her son’s days were numbered and ma a gture of a shotgun to his head. Gaynor’s father, Robert McGrath, was shot ad by armed gardaí 1992 after he poted a sawn-off shotgun at them durg an attempted armed robbery of a post office Tara, Co Meath.

MAN CHARGED WH DANIEL GAYNOR MURR

Gaynor was the chief spect for the shootg ad last month of Colm Owens (34), of Dunsoughly, Fglas. Gaynor was also qutned about the stabbg to ath of Mrice Mart (21) Fglas June 2009. Gaynor was also arrted and qutned about the shootg of father of two Robert Delany (29) at his home Tallaght October 2008.

GAYNOR MURR TRIAL HEARS BALLISTICS EVINCE

Gardaí believe the former IRA member hired Gaynor and another Fglas crimal to shoot Mr Delany revenge for htg his associate. Daniel Gaynor, 25, was targeted by a lone gunman while walkg outsi his home wh his two kids and partner Fglas on Saturday eveng. The lone killer walked up behd Gaynor and shot him three tim, once the neck.

The gunman then fled by foot while Gaynor bled to ath on the ground ont of his two children, aged six and seven. Gaynor was taken to Connolly Hospal Blanchardstown, but was pronounced ad a short time later.

DANIEL GAYNOR

Gaynor’s father, Robert McGrath, was shot ad Meath 1992 after he poted a sawn-off shotgun at gardaí durg a post office robbery. Gaynor was shot at around 6.

Gaynor had a history of dgs and gun crim sce he was a teenager. On a separate ocsn urt, Gaynor was also ught wh e on his posssn durg a hearg. Gaynor was a spect the shootg ad of Colm Owens last month, which the father-of-one was gunned down while workg at an animal feed store at a Fglas dtrial tate.

Both Owens and Gaynor were associat of murred dgs gang boss Eamon ‘The Don’ Dunne. Robert Gaynor, 28, of Fglas, Dubl, produced a glass pt bottle durg a melee last October.

MAN HELD OVER GAYNOR SHOOTG

3 Robert Gaynor was ged for 20 months. 3 Daniel Gaynor was shot ad ont of his partner and children Augt 2010Cred: Colls.

Gaynor, brother of murred Fglas mobster Daniel, is the send man to be locked up for the cint after rival Christopher Duggen was jailed for ne months last month. Daniel Gaynor was shot ad aged 25 ont of his partner and children Fglas Augt 2010. Wilson — brother of notor hman Eric ‘Lucky’ Wilson, who’s servg life Spa — walked up to Gaynor and fired a number of shots om a handgun, fatally woundg him the neck.

Gaynor’s pal Shane Thomas meanwhile was also ged for 20 months after pleadg guilty to a vlent disorr rap on the same date at the Cardiff Inn. A teenager who fired a gun through the wdow of a hoe bee one of s occupants was late repayg him a €100 loan has been given a six year sentence by Dubl Circu Crimal urt heard that Daniel Gaynor, aged 19, of Berryfield Drive, Fglas, had need the loan money back so he uld give his girliend a Valente’s Day prent. The boy’s parents were prent the hoe wh their grandchildren at the time of the, who was aged 18 at the time, plead guilty to g reckls endangerment creatg substantial risk of ath or ser harm to the occupants of a hoe on Dunsk Drive, Fglas on Febary 14, also plead to posssn of a sawn-off shotgun on Febary 21, 2004 which gardaí found at his addrs along wh a balaclava, glov and spent shotgun he spend the last two years of Gaynor’s sentence, Judge Michael Whe said was one of the most substantial sentenc he has had to impose on a man of Gaynor’s Whe said gun crime is beg prevalent Irish society and the urts had to mark the serns of such offenc.