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

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has warned members of the Kinahan and Hutch gangs at the centre of a spate of murders in inner city Dublin they have “no hiding place” and will be tracked down for their “brutal and heinous” murders.

This is a family, not a cartel.

As undertakers mounted the floral displays on to the top of the horse-drawn carriage, the rain turned to sleet.

Detectives are investigating if the latest gangland murder is linked to the Kinahan crime cartel.