Dublin gardaí investigating hundreds of death threats

Gardaí in Dublin are dealing with more than 500 death threats.

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.