Earlier this week, Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy said 522 people had been warned by An Garda Síochána that their lives were in danger from criminals.

One-in-three inmates at Mountjoy voluntarily locked up in cells for 21 hours a day over gang fears.

Gardaí in Dublin are dealing with more than 500 death threats.

Gardaí in Dublin are dealing with 522 “live” threats to life, with 11 of them assessed as “critical”.

Garda districts at the coalface of tackling gangs affiliated to the Kinahan cartel have seen a drop of almost 30% in staffing.

The numbers of community gardaí have been axed by almost 40% in the last seven years and continue to fall in many divisions.

Key players in the Kinahan crime cartel will be brought before the courts in the near future, Dublin’s top garda has said.

The Policing Authority has expressed serious concern at the sharp drop in the detection by gardaí of sexual crimes and the rise this year in recorded assaults.

Latest: Gardaí have appealled for witnesses to come forward who may have information on the incident which took place in Inchicore on Wednesday afternoon.

Latest: A man is in custody this evening after a firearm and silencer were found in a van in Dublin.

The second murder victim has been named in the gangland shooting that claimed two lives and injured three others.

Latest: Gardai have confirmed that a third set of remains, believed to be human, have been found in the Wicklow Mountains and that a murder investigation is now underway.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has recommended extending legislation to allow non-jury courts to be used for trials relating to organised crime, despite the fact that it has not been used once since it was introduced eight years ago.

Latest: The killers of yesterday's gangland victim may have used Facebook to track him.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has sent a file to the DPP in relation to six senior associates of the Kinahan crime cartel for suspected money-laundering offences.

Today marks one year since the Regency Hotel shooting in Dublin.

There is an acute threat of violence hanging over part of Dublin this weekend from the Kinahan-Hutch feud as gardaí prepare a security plan for the first anniversary of the murder of Kinahan ‘lieutenant’ David Byrne.

Gardaí are investigating whether the latest massive drug seizure is connected to the Hutch criminal grouping.

Commissioner’s briefing comes on back of heavy blows against gangland, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

The Kinahan-Hutch feud is suspected of fueling a massive rise in prisoners in Mountjoy Jail seeking solitary confinement for their own protection.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Gardaí are fearing “some form of spectacular” from both sides of the Kinahan-Hutch feud as the anniversary of the Regency Hotel attack approaches next week.

Gardaí are braced for a backlash from the Hutch gang against the Kinahan cartel amid intelligence of a death threat against a senior cartel figure.

Gardaí fear there may be further bloodshed over the Christmas period in the ongoing Kinahan-Hutch crime feud in the wake of the murder of Noel Kirwan on Thursday night.

The Tánaiste and Garda commissioner appeared to contradict each other yesterday as to why the new Armed Support Unit for Dublin does not have a dedicated boss.

A senior garda has described the level of murderous violence in the Kinahan-Hutch feud as “quite staggering”.

Gardaí believe they have prevented up to 12 murder attempts in the Kinahan-Hutch feud, which has claimed at least eight lives, writes Cormac O'Keeffe of the Irish Examiner.

Gardaí believe they have prevented up to 12 murder attempts in the Kinahan-Hutch feud, which has claimed at least eight lives.

Gardaí believe they have deprived a feuding gang of a “safehouse” used to store guns and large quantities of drugs.

Local inquiries are being conducted and forensic tests are being carried out in a bid to gather clues as to the gunman behind the latest gangland shooting in Dublin.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed that 50 gardaí are being assigned to the new gangland task force.

Gardaí said they “definitely saved lives” after foiling a planned gun attack in Crumlin, south Dublin.

An internal INLA dispute and the Kinahan-Hutch feud are being examined as motives for the latest gun attack in Dublin.

Possible changes to the admission policies in schools are expected to be discussed at Cabinet today.