Three vehicles destroyed in arson attack one year after fatal gun attack in Blanchardstown restaurant
Videos of the incident show a car on fire as emergency services attended the scene on Sheephill Avenue in Blanchardstown, Dublin in the early hours of Christmas Day.
“A garda spokesman said: “Gardai responded to reports of a fire in a residential area in Corduff, Dublin 15 in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 25th December 2024.
“Significant damage was caused to three vehicles as a result of the fire. No injuries were reported as a result of the incident. Investigations are ongoing.”
Sources in the area said associates of Hennessy Snr are suspected of carrying out the attack.
Gardai are probing the Christmas morning incident
The incident is not believed to be linked to the murder of Hennessy Snr or the feud that sparked the killing.
Sources claimed Hennessy associates have been targeting an innocent family and demanding money after claiming someone known to the family owes them after an incident in a local park.
The attack took place around the corner from the Hennessy family home.
Jason Hennessy Snr was fatally wounded when gunman Tristan Sherry opened fire on him in Browne’s restaurant in Blanchardstown last Christmas.
Sherry was subsequently beaten and stabbed to death at the same location after failing to make a getaway.
There have been numerous attacks carried out by associates of Hennessy since the shooting, including several arson attacks.
There was also an attempt on the life of Hennessy’s son Devon in August. He was sitting was in traffic on the Church Road in Mulhuddart, Dublin when a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire.
A source said Devon has been driving a modified bullet-proof BMW since his father’s murder and was uninjured in the attack.
Jason Hennessy Snr
Sources say the bullet-proof vehicle is believed to have previously been used by associates of the Dundon crime gang in Limerick.
Six days after the attempted hit, associates of Hennessy were suspected of being behind an arson attack in Blanchardstown. However, a bungling arsonist almost set himself alight.
CCTV revealed how the perp’s petrol bomb exploded within seconds of him setting it alight.
It was the second time an attempt has been made on Devon’s life while he was in a vehicle.
A charred vehicle
In 2019, another car he was travelling in was shot at five times, but he managed to flee unharmed and later declined to make a statement to gardai about the incident.
Devon was previously served with a G.I.M (Garda Information Message), an official warning that his life is under threat, during the height of the Corduff feud.
The feud was particularly active in 2019 when there were multiple shooting incidents, assaults, stabbings and firebomb attacks.
Devon (29) is well-known to gardai, and evidence was given during previous court proceedings that he was involved in hostilities involving rival criminal gangs.
In September he was found guilty of having zopiclone sleeping tablets in a car near Cloverhill Prison.
He was given a four month suspended sentence.
