Fear: Mark Buckley carrying Eamon 'The Don' Dunne's coffin The best pal of slain gang boss Eamon 'The Don' Dunne is under serious threat in prison less than a fortnight into a two-year sentence.
It is understood that there is a reward on offer to any inmate who causes serious harm to 32-year-old gangland bully Mark 'Bucko' Buckley.
Buckley is said to be in a complete state of "isolation and paranoia" in Wheatfield Prison after becoming a hate figure for other serious criminals.
"He shoved his weight around way too much when he was going around with Eamon Dunne, but things are very different now five years later," a jail source said.
"He got moved to Wheatfield from Mountjoy as things were so bad for him there that he was not even able to go into the exercise yard because he would have been attacked."
Sources said Buckley is in danger because he had been involved in a number of brutal fights on the outside.
These included one at a northside gym several years ago with a serious gangster who is a key player in the 'Mr Big' drugs organisation.
Of most concern to Buckley is the fact he is a "major enemy" of convicted killer Craig White (29), who is considered one of the most powerful and dangerous prisoners in the country.
In July 2009, White was convicted of the Crumlin/Drimnagh feud-related murder of Noel Roche, who was shot dead in the passenger seat of a car in Clontarf in November 2005 after attending a Phil Collins concert at the Point.
White has been feuding with Buckley since before he was locked up nearly six years ago and is now eager for "payback", according to sources.
Buckley has also fallen foul of key members of his former mob and is "despised" by associates of murder victim Paul Cullen (27), who was shot dead in a Cabra pub in March 2013.
It is believed Cullen was targeted by a local mob because he was demanding payment for his role in the gun murder of notorious hood John Daly (27) in October 2007.
Buckley was handed the two-year sentence for his involvement with three other criminals in the vicious assault on one of Cullen's best pals in the Cabra House pub where Cullen was shot dead five months earlier.
Dublin Circuit Court heard last month that the four men arrived at the pub in two cars driven by Buckley and his pal David Waldron.
They walked to the back bar where they attacked Cullen's friend, chased him out of the pub and beat him up after knocking him to the ground.
Mourning: Conor McGregor was seen at the funeral of Paul Kavanagh Ireland's latest gangland murder victim Paul Kavanagh was laid to rest in south Dublin yesterday.
Among his mourners was one of Ireland's most noticeable sports stars.
Conor McGregor (27) was among hundreds of people who turned out to pay their respects to the late gangland figure. The UFC star is understood to be close to Paul Kavanagh's nephew boxer Jamie, who spoke at the ceremony.
McGregor and Kavanagh, who are roughly the same age, grew up in the same area of Drimnagh.
The UFC fighter was pictured leaving the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel on Mourne Road in Drimnagh before the victim's body was transferred to the graveyard.
The 27-year-old father was shot dead as he sat in his car on Church Avenue in Drumcondra almost two weeks ago.
It is believed the gangland figure was murdered for pocketing drug money he was collecting from a criminal in Dublin.
It was the second gangland murder in the Kavanagh family in less than a year. His brother Gerard ‘Hatchet’ Kavanagh was shot dead by two masked assassins in Spain last year.
Kavanagh, also from Drimnagh, was an enforcer in Christy Kinahan’s drug organisation.
However, it is believed he had a falling out with Irish criminals based in the Costa Del.
The brother of infamous figure Gerard 'Hatchet' Kavanagh was buried today in Palmerstown Cemetery less than two weeks after being gunned down.
Gerard 'Hatchet' Kavanagh
A funeral procession began at the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel on Mourne Road in Drimnagh before the victim's body was transferred to the graveyard.
His funeral was attended today by friends and family, most notably his "beloved partner" Gemma and his two daughters.
The father-of-two was shot several times as he sat in a car on Church Avenue in Drumcondra on March, 26. It is believed the 27-year-old was murdered by his own gang for pocketing drug money.
His murder is the second gangland killing in the family in a year. His brother Gerard ‘Hatchet’ Kavanagh was shot dead by two masked assassins in Spain last year.
Kavanagh, also from Drimnagh, was an enforcer in Christy Kinahan’s drug organisation.
However, it is believed he had a falling out with Irish criminals based in the Costa Del Sol.
