"There have been no gun killings in the Republic of Ireland this year for the first time in nearly 60 years. While gangland and terrorist murders have featured regularly in annual statistics due to the Troubles of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as drug-related killings in the 2000s, it is understood the last year when no person was shot dead in the Republic was 1968."
"While gangland and terrorist murders have featured regularly in annual statistics due to the Troubles of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as drug-related killings in the 2000s, it is understood the last year when no person was shot dead in the Republic was 1968."
Gun killings in the Republic of Ireland reached zero this year, marking the first such occurrence in nearly sixty years. Gangland and terrorist murders appeared regularly in annual statistics because of the Troubles in the 1970s and 1980s. Drug-related killings in the 2000s contributed to subsequent shooting deaths. The last year without a person shot dead in the Republic was 1968. Annual figures have consistently recorded shooting deaths linked to paramilitary activity and organised crime over past decades. The current absence of gun killings represents a notable break from that long-term pattern.
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