Gangland violence: Top-level intervention ‘can halt feud’

A top-level intervention group comprising community leaders, senior gardaí, and politicians should be set up to stop the gangland feud from escalating, a long-serving drug activist has said.

Susan Collins, who has run Addiction Response Crumlin for 20 years, said such a structure must deal with the wider issue of intimidation of communities by drug gangs.

Ms Collins, a near neighbour of murdered criminal David Byrne in Crumlin, south Dublin, said she feared it may be too late to stop the feud between the Kinahan and Hutch gangs.