Calls for 'special policing operation' in Dublin suburb

A police tent at the scene in Deanstown Avenue area of Finglas, Dublin, where a man in his 20s was pronounced dead on Sunday. Picture: PA

A special garda operation is needed in Finglas, north Dublin, to stamp down on a worsening gangland feud in the area, which claimed its first life on Sunday.

James Whelan, aged 29, was shot dead on Deanstown Avenue in the early hours of Sunday, amid suspicions he had targeted, or was about to target, a house linked with a rival gang boss.