1. Death-list man put under jail protection as RIRA step up hunt for ryans killers.
A dublin man arrested in northern ireland this week with false passports and 60,000 in cash is in protective custody in jail over fears the RIRA plan to whack him.
"Jonathan Gill" is on a "Real IRA" hitlist after the dissidents declared war on north dublin gangsters in the wake of the murder of its former leader "Alan Ryan".
The 31 year old was charged with money laundering offence in dungannon magistrates court on wednesday and is due to appear there again next week.Authorities in northern ireland fear the well-spoken man could be attacked by revenge-thirsty dissidents and have placed him in isolation for his own protection.
Gill is the subject of a massive garda investigation because of his suspected involvment in money laundering on behalf of a criminal gang based in coolock.The criminal assets bureau (CAB) is in the final stages of a massive investigation into gill and are likely to hit him with a demand for a five-figure sum of undeclared income.
2. Infiltrate.
He is also being investigated by gardai with a view to bringing charges before the special criminals court under the anti-gangland legislation,Which would see him go on trial without a jury.
Despite being suspected of being a serious player in the coolock gangs schemes,Gill has no serious charges brought against him and only has a handful of convictions for road traffic offences.Gardai have identified at least 12 hard core members of the gang and say its a extremely tight-knit and disciplined and is impossible to infiltrate.
"Sources say that 'Jonathan Gill' or Giller as he is known is a very smart operator",He comes from the malahide area of north dublin and a respectable family. He no longer lives at the family home and spends his time moving between various locations in skerries,rush and swords.He is said to be extremely conscious of surveillance by gardai and is hard to keep tabs on.Gill attended school in leafy clontarf and teachers regarded him as being very smart.He is involved in a long-term relationship with a woman from clontarf and is a devoted boyfriend and very good to his friends,although he is said to bear grudges and is highly strung.
Gill first came to garda attention when,in his mid-teens because of his association with serious criminals and has been on gardai's radar ever since.The gang gill is involved with is just one of a number that have been targeted by the 'Real IRA' in a bid to get revenge for 'Alan Ryans' murder last september.The RIRA kingpin was shot dead close to his home in donaghmede on the orders of a criminal from north dublin who is nicknamed 'Mr Big'.
'Mr Big's' gang has been linked to at least seven murders,including the savage petrol slaying of two cousins in a case of mistaken identity.The gang is suspected of controlling the drugs trade in north dublin and being behind at least half-a dozen tiger kidnappings,including one in the northeast last year where several young children were held hostage.Over the past seven years 'Mr Big's' gang have become the main drug-dealing outfit in darndale,coolock,raheny on northside dublin.
His main rival in the drugs trade was 'Micka The Panda Kelly',who was shot dead two years ago by 'Alan Ryan RIRA Gang' clearing the way for them to take over.Gardai have linked the gang to several unsolved murders.They suspect the gang was responsible for kidnap and suspected of 'Patrick Lawlor',who disappeared in donaghmede in decemember in 2004,it is thought he was killed over a drugs debt but no body has ever been found.
Detectives have also linked the gang to the slaying of 22-year old 'James Purdue',who was shot dead in donaghmede in june 2006.Purdue was a low-level drug dealer and was also a close pal of 'Patrick Lawlor'.Two brothers from darndale nicknamed 'The Taliban',act as assassins for 'Mr Big's' gang.They were responible for the double murder of innocent cousins 'Mark Noonan' and 'Glen Murphy' were tragically murdered instead.The taliban brothers have been blamed for the double murder of 'Anthony Burnett' and 'Joseph Redmond' in march 2012,after the pair were found shot dead in a car in dundalk,co. louth.
3. Hatred.
'Mr Big' is known to have a serious hatred of gardai and regularly abuses members of the force.He has also been investigated for a number of incidents involving violence,including a man from coolock who was left with a number of serious stab wounds to the back.
However many people are afraid to make complaints against him because they are so fearful about the reputation of the gang.The mob is conscious of not displaying wealth and they travel around in a fleet of battered cars so as not to attract attention from gardai.For years,'Mr Big' and his fellow gang members existed in peace with 'Alan Ryans' RIRA gang,with boths sides turning a blind eye to each others activities.
However around christmas 2011 there was a incident in a well-known spot in swords co dublin,when one of ryans lieutenants recieved a serious beating at the hands of three members of 'Mr Big' gang,who were out of their heads on cocaine.This led to serious bad blood between the two gangs.The RIRA issued death threats 'Mr Big' and his associates and the gang boss left for spain last march.
The following month members of 'Mr Big' gang collected a cache of guns they had hidden in balgriffin cemetery and drove to 'Alan Ryans' home with the intention of murdering him.One of the masked men knocked on the door,but when a woman answered they lost their nerve and fled.This alerted ryan that his life was under threat and an all-out war broke out between the rival sides.
'Mr Big's' mob decided it was a case of kill or be killed and put in place an operation to get rid of ryan and that the key lieutenants who would replace him were very weak.Between leaving ireland in march and the time of ryans murder in september,gardai believe that 'Mr Big' returned to the country on three occasions,travelling through belfast airport.There is no suggestion that 'Mr Big' pulled the trigger when ryan was shot dead,but gardai have identified his associates as being responsible,as has the 'Real IRA'.
While in spain,'Mr Big' mixed with several notorious dublin drug-dealers including 'Paul Burger Walsh' from donaghmede,who was a long-time associate of 'Micka The Panda Kelly'.
4. Contacts.
His gang has extensive contacts among dealers in spain and sources its drug supply from there.'Mr Big' Permanently returned to ireland in november after it became clear that the 'Real IRA' was too busy with internal struggles to avenge their murdered comrade. On december 4th 'Mr Big' and one of his closest associates was arrested on St.James street in dublins south inner city and gardai believe they had foiled an attempted assassination on up-and-coming drug dealer 'Greg Lynch'.
