Crime in 2016: It was the year of living dangerously

Gangland killings rose to 15 this year, mostly due to the feud between the Hutches and Kinahans, says Cormac O’Keeffe

The omens for 2016 were grim from the start.

In mid January, the torso of a dismembered body was found inside a suitcase on a stretch of the Grand Canal in rural Kildare.