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Northern Ireland shooting victim 'denied travel to Scotland for treatment'

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Sean O'Reilly , 49 , was hit twice after two masked men fired shots through the window of his taxi.

He was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast on Sunday with non-life-threatening injuries.

The following day he underwent surgery for a bullet which had lodged in his collarbone.

A subsequent scan showed he had also suffered a severed nerve in his left bicep.

An air ambulance was ready to take him to Glasgow 's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for surgery, but he was denied travel.

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