Three in custody over death threats against reporter

THREE people remained in Garda custody overnight in relation to death threats made against a Sunday newspaper reporter.

The Sunday World’s crime reporter Mick McCaffrey was forced to leave his home and start varying his daily routine after an article he wrote about a hitman in July angered a prominent and dangerous Dublin criminal.

While that criminal was, at the time, on remand in prison in relation to other serious crimes, he allegedly had a credible threat issued to Mr McCaffrey.