Gardaí examine if Drumcondra gangland murder is linked to feud

Gardaí are investigating if yesterday’s gangland murder on Dublin’s northside is related to a violent feud between major drug gangs, which have tentacles here and abroad.

The victim, Paul Kavanagh, aged 29, is the nephew of Gerard Kavanagh, who was murdered in Spain last September. He was a senior lieutenant in an international trafficking gang led by Dubliner Christy Kinahan in Spain.

This network has been involved in an increasingly violent feud with a drug gang based in Drimnagh, south Dublin, where both Paul and Gerard Kavanagh came from.