Did protection racket in Cherry Orchard go under the radar because of where it was happening?

There was a shocked reaction in the political world during the week when details of a protection racket emerged in court. Two well-known criminals were paid off to guarantee the safety of construction sites in Cherry Orchard, west Dublin in 2016 and 2017, the High Court heard.

Payments were made to ensure that attacks on the site, where public housing was being built, would cease. In the course of one arson attack a worker had been seriously injured. Two Dublin City council officials advised the builders to co-operate with the criminals. Over half a million euro was handed over.