Gangland units won’t be operational during Garda strikes

The Garda’s dedicated organised crime and gangland units will not be operational for the four strike dates in November.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2016 - 01:00

Cormac O’Keeffe

The Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB) and the Special Crime Task Force (SCTF) are also the primary units tasked with targeting and monitoring the Kinahan-Hutch feud.

As it stands, neither of these units have been exempted by the two garda staff associations, whose 12,500 members are due to withdraw their labour on November 4, 11, 18 and 25.