Lives smashed to pieces in gangland violence

The harm to two children highlights the need for the State, communities, and gardaí to unite to try to combat criminal gangs, says Cormac O’Keeffe.

THE recklessness and barbarity of gangland violence has raised its ugly head again in recent days.

It does this with depressing regularly in certain communities across the country, but it is a reality that rarely pricks the interest of most people.