Fears gang may ‘set Tallaght on fire’ after killing

Gardaí fear a notorious Limerick gang might head to Dublin and “set Tallaght on fire” in revenge for the murder of Melanie McCarthy, 16.

Officers are organising extra patrols around the south-west Dublin suburb, while detectives in Limerick are gathering intelligence on the McCarthy-Dundon gang.

Gardaí suspect that Melanie, who also went by her mother’s surname McNamara, was not the intended target.