Irish drug dealer reported shot dead in Spain

GARDAÍ are investigating separate reports that a major Irish drug dealer has been shot dead in Spain.

The drug boss, aged 49, is from the Finglas area of north Dublin, and has been closely associated with a number of major criminals over the last 25 years.

He was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1995 after being caught with one tonne of cannabis on the Co Galway coast. He was suspected of continuing to supply large quantities of drugs on his release. He operated from Dublin and England before heading to Spain in recent months.