Dublin gardaí tackle 522 active threats to life

Gardaí in Dublin are dealing with 522 “live” threats to life, with 11 of them assessed as “critical”.

Dublin’s police chief Pat Leahy said protecting these lives was “hugely resource intensive” and said Operation Hybrid, the armed response to gangland crime, had performed almost 56,000 checkpoints and 10,000 patrols in the last two years.

He said 10 of the 11 critical threats were in the north central area and that the Kinahan crime cartel, and their associates, would account for many of those.