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Lee Canavan, with an address at Edenbrook, Rathfarnham, had pleaded not guilty to murdering shoe shop manager Daithí Douglas.

An eyewitness has told the Special Criminal Court how a gunman "smirked" and walked away after firing shots into the shop where Dublin man David Douglas was murdered. The non-jury court also heard that the man accused of the murder was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after he was found travelling at speed in a stolen vehicle which had repeatedly crashed into another car in south Dublin three days after the shooting. Lee Canavan had €1,065 in cash and his clothing smelled of petrol when gardai stopped him and Nathan Foley in Crumlin, in one of the four cars allegedly used in the ki...

Born of humble parentage and like Lincoln, General William C. Plunkett overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to attain success as a teacher and textile manufacturer. He held many offices of trust in the state, serving as Lieutenant Governor with Governor Emory Washburn of Worcester in 1854 and also served in the Senate and in the House on several occasions. Fifty years have elapsed since his death at Adams, Jan. 19, 1884, but the textile mills that he established are still in operation. He was the last of three brothers — William C., Charles H. of Hinsdale and Thomas F. Plunkett of...