Gardaí: Gang violence will get worse

Frontline gardaí predict the unprecedented violence on the streets of Dublin “will only get worse” and fear for the lives of unarmed gardaí responding to the shootings.

Detectives believe the Kinahan crime cartel are using around five two- or three-man groups in the north inner city in their murderous onslaught on the Hutch gang.

They believe lieutenants of the cartel on the southside, and their bosses abroad, are “pulling the strings” and getting guns for hire in the north inner city to “shoot their neighbours”.