THE mothers of two cousins mistakenly killed in a gangland shooting made a fresh appeal for information last night as figures show more than 240 murders carried out by criminal gangs in the Republic remain unsolved.
RTÉ's Prime Time compiled the figures amid an escalating feud between the Hutch and Kinahan crime gangs in Dublin which has so far claimed the lives of seven men.
The broadcaster found that there have been more than 130 unsolved gangland murders in the last ten years. In the last 36 years, around 240 people have been murdered in unsolved gangland attacks.
Last night two sisters, whose sons Mark Noonan and Glen Murphy were shot dead at a Finglas filling station in November 2010 in a case of mistaken identity, appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
The cousins' killers fled across the border after the fatal shooting. No one has ever been charged with the men's deaths.
Mr Noonan's mother Geraldine said her son had chosen Glen to be his young child's godfather shortly before they were shot.
"Our lads are now lying in a grave and the killers are still out walking and living," she said.
Mr Murphy's mother Michelle appealed for people to come forward with information.
"I’m not saying it would bring Mark and Glen back that’s never going to happen but it would help us. It could do tremendous things.”
