Enda Kenny admits defeat on gang murders

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been criticised for saying he “can do nothing to stop” the current spate of gangland murders, which has claimed seven lives in 100 days.

Mr Kenny made his admission in the Dáil yesterday after Gareth Hutch was gunned down in Dublin’s North inner city. Mr Hutch was the nephew of Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch.

Despite the arrest last night of a 29-year-old man in connection with the killing, there was widespread condemnation of Mr Kenny’s comments, which were seen as an admission of defeat to those gangs responsible for the murders.