Dealers threaten to burn homes of locals who speak out

A WOMAN living in a notorious inner city Dublin estate has been stabbed and others have been threatened with being burnt out of their homes if they attempt to stand up to a group of criminals openly selling class-A drugs in the area.

The threats were made after a Monday night meeting organised by the local community development association in Dolphin’s House — the largest social housing project in the country since the regeneration of Ballymun — had to be evacuated after a hoax bomb was found on the scene.

The meeting, which was attended by more than 100 people, including local gardaí and members of Dublin City Council, had been called after a spate of incidents in the area in recent months, including the daytime open sale of heroin and cocaine on the street.