Gardaí in a position of strength, but resources are key to keeping it that way
The Regency Hotel shooting in 2016 led to the outbreak of the Hutch-Kinahan feud, which was followed by a spike in gangland murders. Photo: Colin O’Riordan
Gangland murders have reduced significantly in recent years, but the intervention in a planned assassination in Dublin this week was a reminder of the direct threat to life criminal gangs pose.
Ireland’s deadliest year for gangland killings was 2010, when 23 people were murdered. There was another spike in 2016, due to the outbreak of the Hutch-Kinahan feud, with 16 killings linked to organised crime.
