Further violence feared in vicious gang feud

Gardaí fear a vicious gang will continue to kill the remaining members of a rival outfit after a second person was shot dead outside a west Dublin shopping centre.

The murder of John Gibson, a 28-year-old father of two, at Citywest Shopping Centre on Monday night follows the shooting dead of gang associate Darragh Nugent in north Clondalkin a week ago.

Community workers in the Ronanstown area of Clondalkin, where both outfits are based, fear for the safety of locals and called on the State to “break” the power of gangs in the area.