Locals on 'tenterhooks' after spate of arson attacks and beatings

Blanchardstown gardaí are investigating possible retaliation incidents following Christmas Eve shooting
Locals on 'tenterhooks' after spate of arson attacks and beatings

A forensic investigator at the scene in Blanchardstown, Dublin, where Jason Hennessy Sr, a father and member of a well-known crime gang based in Corduff, was fatally shot on Christmas Eve. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Locals in a west Dublin area are on “tenterhooks” after a spate of arson attacks and public beatings suspected of being carried out in retaliation for the Christmas Eve gun attack at a restaurant in Blanchardstown, in which two people died.

Local sources estimate that up to seven homes have been burned out or damaged in the area.

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