The gangland murders of the past fortnight have brought back “fear and terror” to a community already on its knees from cutbacks and neglect, the local drug task force has said.
The co-ordinator of the North Inner City Drugs Task Force, Mel MacGiobuin, said there was a sense of “dangerous, foreboding, elements prowling the streets” at the moment.
His comments come as the funeral of Edward Hutch Sr takes place this morning in the north inner city.
He was gunned down on February 8 at his home in Ballybough in suspected retaliation for the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel on February 5.
Mr Byrne, from Crumlin, south Dublin, a senior member of the Kinahan crime cartel, was buried last Monday. A repeat of Monday’s massive security operation by gardaí is expected today to prevent violence.
“These past 13 days have brought back fear and terror to communities that struggled with neglect and intimidation in the 80s and 90s,” said Mr MacGiobuin in a statement issued on behalf of the taskforce.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 19/02/16
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