Gardaí target crime gang’s wealth as €1m worth of assets seized

In the dead of night, Susan Collins got the answer to her call. At 4.30am came the shuddering from the Garda helicopter low overhead.

When Ms Collins, a community worker in Crumlin, south Dublin, looked out, she could see Raleigh Square, Windmill Rd, and Kildare Rd were being cordoned off by gardaí.

Over the following hours, at least six homes on those roads — five of them owned by one family — were searched.