NEWSPAPER COVER MURDER SCENES
FREDDIE THOMPSON & KARL FAY
IAN MALONEY & LIAM BRYNE
BRIAN RATTIGAN,SEAN CONNELLY,AARON RATTIGAN & OWEN GAFFNEY

FEUD BOYS RULE.

1. ~It is the bloodiest irish gangland feud in history and it is set to continue to cause death and misery in 2013~

When mobster gerard eglington was brutally gunned down in front of his three-year old son and his partner daugther last september he had been a dead man walking for over 18 months.Gangland hardman eglington (27) was regarded as key member of the "Brian Rattigan Mob" and acted as muscle for the drugs gang.
It shows how the bitterness and hatred caused by a drug seizure in the holiday inn in dublin in 2001 is still capable of causing death to people who were children when the orginal split happened.
Gardai believed eglington was the first of the 'New Generation' of leaders of the crumlin - drimnagh feud to be murdered.
The assassination was planned by senior gang members in revenage for a pub attack on 'Fat Freddie Thompson' older brother 'Ritchie Thompson'.

2. ~SAVAGE~
The murder was carried out by two of thompsons most trusted lieutenants and shows the chubby mobster gang are still capable of murder.
Just five hours after eglington was shot in portarlingto,co loais,'Declan O'Reilly' was also murdered infront of his young child on orders of thompson and his cronies.
The savage execution was arranged by two notorious mobsters who hired an erratic criminal who was loosely friendly with O'Reilly to carry out the hit.
Gardai believe freddie thompson's core gang members are still responsible for arranging drug shipments into ireland and for wholesaling heroin,cocaine and cannibis across the country.
They include thompsons childhood pal 'Graham The Wig Whelan' and his first cousins liam and david bryne.
These veteran criminals have long-established links to drug godfather 'Christy Kinahan' and tend to avoid direct involvment in handling guns or drugs.
However a new generation of criminals has seamlessly taken up the baton for carrying violence in the long-running feud.
These thugs - who are mostly in their mid-20's have been responsible for a wave of violence over the last 12 months including pipe bombings,stabbings and shootings.
A number of these up-and coming mobsters have family connections to gang members who were involved in the orginal feud.
Gardai believe both sides have access to high powered weaponry and are involved in drug trafficking across the country.
In august, rattigan gang member 'Owen Gaffney' (22)' narrowly escaped with his life after a gunman fired six shots at him near his home in the basin street flats in dublin.
Detectives believe gaffney is a key member of a new generation of criminal allied to mobster brian rattigan.
He is a close associate of brian rattigans younger cousin aaron rattigan and has been repeatedly targeted as part of the crumlin - drimnagh feud.
In september,a pipe bomb was also left outside the home of one the gaffneys crew in the basin flats by young thugs.
Gardai have previously placed him under armed protection after learning he was a target for rival gunmen.

3. ~DRIVER~
It is believed that gaffneys attempted assassination was carried out by associates by 'Ian Mad Dog Maloney' a former driver for fat freddie thompson,Maloney (25) who is currently serving a 11-year sentence for part in an robbery on a jewellers,he is regarded as one of the leaders of the new generation of fat freddies gangs members.
Another former gangland driver,'Paul Gray' is also regarded as a key figure in the ongoing feud.
Gray (25) earned his criminal stripes as a drive for graham the wig whelan.Gray is brother in-law to o ritchie thompson and when gerard eglington appeared before dublin discrict court in july 2011,Gray appeared suddenly from the public gallery and assulted the thug.
This was in retaliation for ritchie thompson and grays sister catherine being assualted by eglington in the 'Karma Stone Pub' on dublins wexford street in march 2011.
A senior source has previously told the sunday world that the murder of eglington was 'a serious blow' for the rattigan gang.
Eglington death means that the majority of the rattigan members are now behind bars or have been killed.However there still remains a hardcore group of more than 15 young men,including a young relative of slain gangster of 'Martin The General Cahill' who are ready to main and murder thompson associates.

4. ~SUSPECTS~
Over the last 12 months members of the rattigan gang have regularly been spotted in the company of RIRA murder suspect 'Sean Connolly (34)' is a childhood pal of brian rattigan and has remained close to family members of his family since his release from prison in 2010.
Despite being called a so-called anti-drug activist,connolly and the members of the rouge RIRA unit he headed up were regularly spotted in the company of the rattigan gang members.
It is believed that connollys reputation in the south inner city providied protection for the under-fire mob.
However connolly is now off the streets after being charged with murder of godfather eamon kelly last month.
The RIRA unit he was in charge of - based around inchicore and bluebell in the captial - is likely to be reconstructed by the dissdent group's new leadership.
RIRA cheifs are said to be disgusted at connollys links to drug dealing criminals and have told his gang to disassociate from the rattigan mob members.
But while thompson faction is in the ascendancy the new generation of gang members have suffered a number of damaging splits and potential for inner-gang feuding remains high.
Last year convicted criminal 'Karl Fay' narrowly escaped with his life after the 16-year old cousin 'Stephen Hynes' was shot dead in the back of his home on lismore road.

5. ~SHOOTING~
Gardai believe the intended target for the driveby shooting was fay,who was standing next to the innocent stephen.
Fay is an associate of a number of members of fat freddie thompson gang ans was previously cleared of murder.
He has links to an up-and-coming gang who are mostly in their mid-20's that controls the drug trade in the charlemont street area and swan grove in the ranelagh suburb of dublin.
The gang is heavily involved in heroin,cocaine dealing and is believed to source the drugs from the thompson organistation.
But despite his links to fat freddie thompson mob,gardai believe fay has been targeted by another arm of the gang controlled by associates of drug dealer 'Gareth Chubb' is a member of thompsons drug crew and is regarded as an up-and-comer criminal figure.
A source said 'the new generation have links to senior gang members and probably worked for them one point,but their loyalty is questionable,they might be considered to part of thompsons gang but really they are only interested in looking out for themselves!'.