Gardaí seek to 'keep lid' on gang retaliation as funerals loom

The attack at Brownes Steakhouse left Jason Hennessy Snr and Tristan Sherry dead. Picture: Stephen Collins

Locals in Blanchardstown had thought 2023 was going to end as it had been all year — quiet.

“We were all patting ourselves on the back, saying ‘Thank God’ there [were] no murders this year — then this happens on Christmas Eve,” one source said.