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

Blanchardstown gardaí are investigating possible retaliation incidents following Christmas Eve shooting

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.