Violent crime: dealer falls victim

YESTERDAY’S double murder in Finglas of Martin ‘Marlo’ Hyland and an innocent apprentice plumber, Anthony Campbell, were the 22nd and 23rd firearm murders so far this year.

Violent crime: dealer falls victim

That has already beaten last year’s tally of 21 such crimes, and has prompted fears of retaliatory shootings which Fine Gael Justice spokesman Jim O’Keeffe said could lead to a bloodbath.

There have been 60 violent deaths this year, although the figure is provisional and not all are murders.

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