Enforcer ‘shot on crime boss’s orders’

Gardaí are investigating new information suggesting gang enforcer Andy Barry was shot dead on the orders of his own crime boss.

This line of enquiry emerged overnight following reports that Barry, 31, wanted to step up the ladder and take over the drug business after the crime boss continued moves to go into the money recovery business.

This has emerged as a third theory behind the gun attack at Barry’s home in Kilcock, Co Kildare, which also claimed the life of a 26-year-old Lithuanian, named yesterday as Zilvinas Varnauskas, from River Valley, Swords, north Dublin.