Funeral for murdered brothers

The funeral has taken place of two brothers who were shot dead in a drug-related attack that left a boy aged 14 wounded.

The funeral has taken place of two brothers who were shot dead in a drug-related attack that left a boy aged 14 wounded.

The funeral Mass of Kenneth and Paul Corbally took place at St Matthew's Church in Ballyfermot this morning and was followed by burial at Esker Cemetery, Lucan.

Gardaí are concerned for the safety of the injured boy because he witnessed the murders. He was discharged from hospital yesterday.

The boy, from Clondalkin, west Dublin, was sitting in the back seat of a car owned by the Corbally brothers when it was riddled with gunfire at 8pm on Monday night.

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The attack, which occurred on Neilstown Road, Clondalkin, claimed the lives of Kenneth (32) and Paul (35) Corbally, originally of Drumfinn Avenue, Ballyfermot.

The two brothers were known drug-dealers, and gardaí believe they were murdered as part of a feud with a leading drug-dealer from Ballyfermot whose gang the brothers were once members of.

The Corballys were killed after their Lexus was rammed by an Audi 6 carrying at least two armed men, who opened fire with handguns, fatally wounding both. The Irish Times understands they were hit a total of 12 times.

The wounded boy fled the vehicle, and with the help of a local in the Moorefield estate he made his way to hospital for treatment.