SENIOR gardaí yesterday said the conviction of gangland boss Brian Rattigan for murder was “hugely significant” in the message it sends out to organised crime.

Two men were remanded in custody on firearms offences today after the latest gun attack linked to a long-running feud between two criminal gangs.

A NEW generation of violent young criminals has sparked a second gang war in an area already blighted by a deadly feud.

A man and a woman were being questioned by detectives today after further raids following Dublin’s latest gangland murder.

Gardaí were today questioning three people about the latest murder in one of the bloodiest feuds in gangland history.