Irish Wise Guys: Time for a history lesson when it comes to dealing with gangland crime

The Garda Technical Bureau remove the body of a gangland shooting victim. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie
A former high-flying business consultant in the UK insurance industry would not usually be your first port of call when looking for fresh insights into the causes and possible solutions to the problem of gangland criminality in Ireland.
However if the old adage which suggests we look to the past to better understand our future holds true, then perhaps John Joe McGinley is someone we should point an ear towards.