GARDAÍ are hopeful of bringing a prosecution against one of Dublin’s major crime bosses.

ONE of Dublin’s biggest and most violent gangs was targeted yesterday in a massive Garda swoop on more than 50 homes and offices.

ONE of the country’s most notorious drug traffickers was reeling after gardaí busted one of his cocaine mixing factories over the weekend.

THREE men in their 20s have appeared in court following the shooting of a youth earlier this week.

THE Garda’s serious crime unit yesterday smashed a drugs gang and recovered up to 3,000 stolen plasma televisions, worth up to €1.6 million.

ONE of the three men swooped on by gardaí as they were about to carry out a raid was out on bail for a serious drug charge, it emerged yesterday.

One of Ireland’s leading Catholic clergymen today called for national unity in the face of the evil of spiralling gangland murder.