A drug dealer who was shot dead in a pub early today is the brother of a gangland figure murdered three years ago.

HE’S beennicknamed “The Don” after polishing off the mother of all fry-ups.

Fears were mounting tonight of an escalation in a bloody gangland feud after a known criminal associate was gunned down at his workplace in daylight hours.

EDUCATED and softly spoken, ruthless Eamon Dunne was the country’s most violent and feared gangland figure, personally responsible for ordering at least 17 gangland hits.

A publican arrested during a botched murder probe today claimed he was taken in for questioning by gardai on the word of criminal informers.