Real IRA steps up campaign against dealers

THE Real IRA is “muscling” its way into communities and stepping up its campaign against drug dealers, according to gardaí and community activists.

In recent days, the paramilitary group has openly threatened drug dealers in a Dublin flats complex, whose residents were last year subjected to a reign of terror by a local drugs gang. This led to a massive Garda operation, backed by community groups in the Dolphin House complex, in the south inner city, to force the drugs gang out, which was largely successful.

Over the Easter weekend, the Real IRA (RIRA) sprayed prominent graffiti at one of the new walls in the complex, facing the busy Dolphin’s Barn bridge, with the warning: “32 CSM RIRA Pushers Beware”.