Local groups in Dublin push message of life without gangs

Fin Divilly, Shakalak; Deborah Morgans, manager EDIT; Paul Rogers, CEO Northside Partnership; Ger Redmond, Prison 2 Pro; Evan Fogarty AKA Minte; Brandon O’Connor, Dublin Homeless Awareness, and Ruth Barry: all members of the local community in northeast Dublin at the launch of 'Get The Message Out — There Is Another Way'. Picture: Conor Healy/ Picture It Photography

Young people at risk of being sucked into the drugs trade are being targeted by a grassroots project in an area devastated by a spate of gangland murders.

The GMTO initiative — ‘Get the Message out: There are Alternatives to Drugs & Crime’ — was set up in north east Dublin to try and lure young people away from drug gangs.