Gangland violence: 'This ain’t going to blow over. That’s for sure.'

Tit-for-tat killings are terrorising innocent communities, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

TWO communities that have already seen more than their fair share of gangland violence again face the grim prospect of a prolonged and spiralling feud.

So too the gardaí who police the areas, who face the return of the dark times of living on a knife-edge, struggling to keep a lid of things, responding to armed incidents — and in some cases being shot at and receiving death threats.