Diarmuid Martin: Communities need to be protected from gangs

Communities living “under the power” of criminal gangs need to be supported in building up their independence and in protecting their children, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has said.

Diarmuid Martin described the feuding gangs as a “cancerous group” in society, that were “uncontrolled and uncontrollable”.

The archbishop was responding to figures provided by Dublin’s police chief that there were 522 active threats to life in the capital.