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http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-punished-for-breaching-informant-rules-29383251.html

Garda punished for breaching informant rules
Tip led to seizure of dissidents' €5m drugs haul.

JIM CUSACK – 30 JUNE 2013

GARDAI in Dublin have been stunned after a highly thought of young undercover garda was disciplined and returned to uniformed duties after information he received led to the discovery of a €5m drugs haul belonging to members of the dissident republican gang formerly led by Alan Ryan.

The young garda was punished after it was deemed he was in breach of the strict regulations governing the handling of informants.

Under the "CHIS" (Covert Human Intelligence Sources) system set up after the Judge Morris report on the activities of a small number of corrupt gardai in Donegal, detectives are no longer allowed to personally handle informants. They have to pass them on to centralised CHIS units.

According to sources, the informant who passed the intelligence about the haul of 350,000 ecstasy tablets and 80kg of cannabis was rejected by CHIS officers after he was passed on to them by the young undercover garda working in a Dublin garda station. Officially, the informant was "de-registered" by CHIS as a suitable source of intelligence earlier this year.

However, it is understood the informant reverted to his original garda contact, who he personally trusted, and passed the information that led to the discovery of the drugs and the arrest of a 41-year-old man. The seizure also exposed that the dissident republicans, who claim to be against drug dealing, are themselves heavily involved in the trade. The gang involved were formerly led by the dissident figure Alan Ryan, who was shot dead last September. The man gardai arrested was released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

To the surprise and shock of gardai in the city, senior gardai then called in the garda who had received the information and told him he was being disciplined for breaching the CHIS guidelines. He was moved from the drugs unit, where he had served for eight years, and returned to uniformed duties two weeks ago.

Further disenchantment was caused by the fact that though the garda had been involved in detective duties for eight years and had carried out successful undercover operations against dangerous drugs gangs, he had never received promotion and the salary increase that would have come with being made a detective. Like many other young plainclothes and undercover gardai, he remained on the same basic garda salary of uniformed officers.

At least one other highly respected detective in the city is also facing disciplinary action for similar reasons and this too is causing concern among peers. In this instance, the detective was deemed to have breached the CHIS rules in an investigation that led to a successful conviction in a gangland murder case.

The disciplinary actions have undermined morale among detectives in the city whose work has traditionally involved them building up close links with people in their districts and gathering intelligence on crime, sources say.

These actions have also further underlined what experienced detectives in the city say are deficiencies in the CHIS system, which was introduced without challenge by garda management. However, some garda sources fear that it could damage intelligence gathering.

Garda sources say the centralising of intelligence gathering by gardai who have little personal knowledge of the backgrounds of informants and, in many cases little detective experience, is hampering investigations into serious crime.

CHIS has also added more levels of bureaucracy to the detective system, as when CHIS officers receive intelligence they pass it upwards to the Crime and Security unit in Garda Headquarters who then pass it back down to local stations. As a result, detectives in Dublin say, intelligence they receive via this system is often out of date and of little value.

Under 10 per cent of gangland murders in Dublin are being solved. In Limerick, by contrast, where more traditional methods of detective work were retained and gardai made extensive use of the witness protection scheme, there is a much higher level of detection and successful prosecution. Gardai in Dublin say that if the CHIS system is implemented, with the threat of disciplinary action against gardai acting on their own initiative, this will severely impede investigation of serious crime.

The CHIS system was introduced as a result of the report by Judge Freddie Morris after it was found that a detective in Donegal was falsely claiming that two women whom he paid money to were high-level informants within the IRA.

Garda sources say what happened in Donegal was an aberration, and add that the Morris Report recommendation went too far in introducing a system that broke the traditional system of detectives nurturing informants.

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8 RIRA gang leaders busted.

NIALL O'CONNOR AND KEN FOY – 04 JULY 2013 02:30 PM

EIGHT new leaders of the Real IRA were arrested following a major garda operation in the capital.

Heavily armed detectives swooped on the suspected senior members of the organisation as they were holding a "strategy meeting" at a house in Tallaght.

The eight men were arrested at a property in Glenshane Crescent at 8.30pm last night after a long running intelligence gathering operation.

The Herald understands that two of those in custody had previously been caught attempting to extort cash from a Dublin businessman.

The Dublin faction of the terror group has been in disarray since the murder of ex-terror boss Alan Ryan last September.

In another blow to the criminal organisation, a major dissident figure was arrested at a storage site in Ballymun.

Gardai discovered a massive amount of "bomb-making material" and ammunition during the raid in Cloghran yesterday afternoon.

The 46-year-old arrested was being questioned at Ballymun Garda Station today.

Senior sources confirmed that both operations are linked and described the arrests as a "devastating blow" to the criminal organisation.

The eight men arrested in Tallaght are aged in their 20s to 40s and were being questioned at separate garda stations in Dublin today.

Heavily armed detectives raided a house in Glenshane Crescent at 8.30pm last night and foiled what has been described as a "strategy meeting".

"It's believed what was smashed was the council of the New IRA – the men who have emerged as the leading figures since the death of Alan Ryan," a senior source explained.

"This was highly planned. The men were sitting in a round table-type situation and were clearly in a strategy-type meeting."

Two of those arrested were previously charged with membership of the IRA following a major garda operation in Clondalkin in April.

The Herald can reveal that both men, who are aged in their 30s and 40s, were barred from associating with each other as part of their strict bail conditions.

The news of the busts comes as the Herald has learned that a senior dissident figure from the North was booted out of the IRA this week.

The operations come during a highly volatile period in the IRA – as the new alliance of members tries to muscle out associates of murdered Real IRA boss Alan Ryan.

Several of Ryan's closest allies who were expelled from the organisation have formed splinter groups and are eyeing up rival dissidents.



BEATINGS

Others have been subject to abductions, kneecappings and punishment beatings as part of the "clean-up drive" of the Real IRA.

In January, a key henchman to Alan Ryan – Deccy Smith – was blasted in the leg by a former associate.

The attack on Smith follows the shooting of alleged Real IRA man Nathan Kinsella last November.

Kinsella, who was a close friend of Alan Ryan, was kneecapped in what was seen as another warning attack by the Real IRA.

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IRA suspects held after gardai raid terror summit.

OM BRADY SECURITY EDITOR – 04 JULY 2013

GARDAI have arrested eight suspected members of the so-called Dublin brigade of the recently established New IRA alliance.

The eight were detained as they were holding a terrorist summit in a house in Tallaght in south county Dublin last night.

Heavily armed detectives from the Garda's elite anti-terrorist unit stormed the house at Glenshane Crescent.

Those detained are all well known to the Special Branch and are alleged to be highly active members of the new alliance.

Some of them were former supporters of the slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, who was shot dead last September.

At least three of those arrested are from Tallaght, while others are from the north side of the capital.

Gardai believe the group were planning a new 'fundraising' campaign in Dublin to finance terror activities in the North.

And they think that a punishment shooting of a former associate was also on the agenda at the meeting.

Officers say the alliance has been very active in recent months and has been involved in extortion rackets and intimidation.

But the new leadership has also been carrying out a campaign against some former associates of the Real IRA when it was led by Ryan.

The leadership has already targeted a number of men they suspected of holding on to cash that was meant for the terrorist coffers but was being used to fund a lavish lifestyle in Dublin's clubs and hotels.

LEADER

The Dublin group has its own 'brigade' leader but is firmly under the control of the alliance's overall bosses based in the North.

Several former dissident members in Dublin have been expelled from the gang, while others are still under 'investigation'.

Meanwhile, in a separate operation, members of the Special Branch arrested a New IRA suspect from Ballymun around teatime yesterday in a field in north county Dublin.

He was arrested after detectives seized a container in the field. It had been filled with parts for up to 10 pipe bombs and a considerable quantity of explosive powder.

Gardai said the suspect was a former associate of Ryan and had since become an active member of the alliance.

The alliance was formed last summer and has since established itself as presenting the biggest terrorist threat on the island.

It was blamed for the murder of Northern prison officer David Black last November and has been building up its support bases in the Border counties as well as in Belfast and Derry.

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Gardai seize 10kg of plastic explosives in New IRA raids.

TOM BRADY SECURITY EDITOR – 05 JULY 2013

GARDAI have seized a significant haul of plastic explosives after officers mounted citywide searches across Dublin as part of a concerted drive against suspected members of the New IRA alliance.

The find was made yesterday afternoon and gardai called in an Army bomb disposal team to examine the haul.

Gardai said last night that, subject to analysis, the haul appeared to contain more than 10kg of high-grade explosive.

"If laboratory tests confirm what we believe, this find could have wreaked havoc and destruction in the hands of the terrorists," one officer said last night.

Gardai said the seizure had dealt a body blow to the renegade republicans.

The searches were part of a follow-up investigation into the discovery of a pipebomb depot in Cloghran on the northside of the capital and an alleged terror summit involving suspected key dissidents in the group's Dublin "brigade" structure.

The fresh find was made during renewed searches of property near the old airport road in Cloghran where gardai on Wednesday had discovered component parts for eight pipebombs. A suspected member of the New IRA alliance, who was detained after the initial find in Cloghran, was still in custody last night at Ballymun garda station.

SUMMIT

The 46-year-old man was being held under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. He can be kept in custody without charge for up to three days.

The "summit" was disrupted when armed detectives from the garda's emergency response unit burst into a house at Glenshane Crescent in Tallaght on Wednesday night.

Eight men, who were arrested there, were also being questioned by gardai last night in a number of stations on the southside of the city.

The homes of the nine suspects were among those searched yesterday as the Garda Special Branch swooped on houses and premises on both sides of the capital.

A detailed forensic search was also carried out at the Tallaght house where the arrests were made.

Gardai believe the Cloghran premises was being used as a storehouse for explosives and pipebombs, which were intended for use in a fresh campaign of violence by the New IRA alliance.

Officers understand that the Tallaght summit had been called by the alliance's Dublin leader to plan punishment shootings and beatings of former associates, who were pushed out after the fatal shooting of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan last September.

Police on both sides of the Border regard the New IRA alliance as posing the biggest terrorist threat on the island.

But its attempts to set up a major organisation here have been thwarted by a series of garda successes, as a result of intelligence gathering over the past 11 months.

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ANDREW PHELAN – 06 JULY 2013 07:00 AM

A DUBLIN man has been charged with membership of the IRA and possession of ammunition following a garda raid on an industrial estate in the north of the county.


Stephen Hendrick (45) was remanded in custody after he was arrested and brought before a sitting of the Special Criminal Court yesterday evening.

The accused, of Balbutcher Drive, Ballymun, is charged with membership of the IRA and being in possession of ammunition in suspicious circumstances at Furry Park, Old Airport Road, Cloghran on July 3.

The charges are under the Offences Against the State and Firearms Acts.

Detective Sergeant Vincent Markey, of the special detective unit, told the three-judge court he arrested the accused at 4pm yesterday at Ballymun Road.

REMANDED

Hendrick, wearing a black T-shirt, did not address the court during the brief hearing at the Criminal Courts of Justice.

State Solicitor Michael Brady said he was applying for the accused to be remanded in custody.

Counsel for the defendant consented to a remand until Wednesday July 10. She requested copies of interview tapes and a transcript of the hearing.

Counsel also applied for legal aid. The court heard a statement of the accused's financial means was to be filed, and Judge Paul Butler said there would be "no problem if there was no objection" by the prosecution.

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ANDREW PHELAN – 06 JULY 2013 07:00 AM

SEVEN men have been charged with membership of the IRA following their arrest by gardai investigating dissident republican activity in Dublin.

The accused were all arrested during an operation in Tallaght on Wednesday and were detained at four different garda stations before being brought before a sitting of the Special Criminal Court last night.

An eighth man who was taken into custody and detained at the same time was released without charge.

The seven were all remanded in custody for four days after no bail applications were made on their behalf.

The three-judge court heard heard two of the accused denied the charges against them, while the rest made no reply when cautioned.

The accused men are Kevin Braney (39) of Glenshane Crescent, Declan Phelan (31) from Lanndale Lawns, John Brock (41) of Glenview Park and Peter Burns (39) from Glenshane Crescent, all in Tallaght.

Also charged are Brian Nick McBennett (54) of Ardcollum Avenue, Artane, Michael Barr (33) of Carlton Court, Poppintree, Ballymun, and Desmond Christie (49) of Liam Mellowes Road, Finglas West.

They are all charged with membership of an unlawful organisation – the IRA – at a location within the State on July 3 last.

The charge is under Section 47 of the Offences Against the State Act.

Several detective gardai and sergeants gave evidence of formally arresting the accused yesterday evening outside Ballyfermot, Tallaght, Lucan and Clondalkin Garda Stations.

CAUTION

They were then taken to the Criminal Courts of Justice where they were charged in the precincts.

The arresting officers said none of the men replied to the charges after caution, except Brian Nick McBennett, who replied: "I am not a member," and Michael Barr, who said: "I am not a member of the IRA or any illegal organisation."

State Solicitor Michael O'Donovan said he was applying for a remand in custody for at least 48 hours in relation to all the accused.

Counsel for the accused consented to the case being adjourned until Tuesday, with no bail applications made.

Judge Paul Butler granted legal aid in most cases, and said he would backdate it in those cases where the prosecution was requesting a statement of the defendants' financial means.

All requested a transcript of the hearing, while some also asked the judge to make an order for disclosure of tapes of interview in the garda stations.

None of the seven men stood when they were asked to do so as the charges were being read out to them in the court.

The courtroom was packed with family members and friends of the seven men.

Several spoke briefly to the accused men as they left the courtroom.

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NIALL O'CONNOR – 05 JULY 2013 02:30 PM

GARDAI have foiled a RIRA plot to launch bomb attacks on rival city gangs.

A massive haul of Semtex has been discovered at a secret Real IRA arms depot in Cloghran, north Dublin.

Gardai believe the 20kg of explosives was to be used in potentially devastating attacks on city gangs.

The deadly cache was discovered after a close associate of murdered ex-terror boss Alan Ryan was arrested at the scene.

Senior IRA figures are suspected of importing the highly dangerous substance as they prepared to launch a series of "spectacular" attacks on their rivals.

Should all the explosives test positive for semtex, it will be one of the biggest captures of semtex in the country in recent years.

And last night, gardai were continuing their search at the site after pipebombs, bomb-making paraphernalia and ammunition were also found.

The significant quantity of suspected semtex was foundduring a massive garda dig at a site in Cloghran, North Dublin, yesterday.

A major garda alert has been issued after significant quantities of plastic explosives was discovered during the dig.

Just 24 hours earlier, a close associate of murdered Real IRA boss Alan Ryan was arrested by detectives on the scene.

Substance

A source last night said the substance is suspected to be Semtex. However, further forensic tests were being carried out on the substance today.

"What was discovered was far more alarming that we anticipated. For the IRA to have Semtex would give them the capabilities of carrying out spectacular attacks," the source explained.

Semtex has been used in some horrific explosions and was acquired by the IRA from former Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi in the mid-1980s.

It was also used by the IRA to carry out terrorist bombings in London in the 1990s and has also been used during dissident attacks on police in the North.

The infamous Canary Wharf bomb in London in 1996 contained less than 14kg of Semtex. The Real IRA used Semtex in the Omagh bombing which claimed 29 lives.

The quantity found yesterday was being examined by bomb experts today and is due to be transferred to the forensic laboratory for further testing.

Investigators also seized a a raft of bomb-making equipment which was being stored by dissidents believed to be planning a wave of attacks on rival criminals.

Sources told the Herald that equipment discovered at the site was "highly advanced" and had the capability of causing extensive bloodshed.

"The IRA has been in turmoil since the death of Alan Ryan but what was found shows they are growing extremely strong – and rapidly so," a senior source explained.

A dissident figure, who was a close associate of Ryan, was arrested by gardai at the site on Tuesday.

He was being questioned last night along with eight other senior figures who are believed to have formed the new leadership of the Real IRA.



Searches

Given the scale of what was discovered, investigators called in Army personnel to carry out extensive tests. Meanwhile, detectives were today continuing to carry out searches on both sides of the city as a crackdown on dissident activity entered a critical stage.

The arrest in Cloghran was part of the a major intelligence- gathering operation that also led to eight men being arrested at a house in Tallaght.

The men, two of whom are considered Real IRA bosses, were swooped upon while holding a "strategy meeting" at a property in Glenshane Crescent.

Sources believe the men were plotting further attacks on rival dissidents which has left the IRA on a knife edge.

The news of the bomb depot comes as the Herald has learned that a senior dissident figure from the North was expelled from the Real IRA this week.

The individual, who is well known to both gardai and the PSNI, was forced out of the criminal organisation as part of the major clean-up ordered by Northern bosses.

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Dad jailed for keeping gun parts in house.

BRIAN KAVANAGH – 05 JULY 2013 02:30 PM

A FATHER-of-three who told gardai that components from a firearm scattered around his home belonged to a toy gun he was trying to fix has been jailed for seven years at the Special Criminal Court.

Presiding judge Mr Justice Paul Butler said that the non-jury court regarded the possession of firearms as a "most serious offence" and had to impose a minimum sentence on Declan Geraghty (31), as he had a previous conviction for possession of a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition in 2004.

He said the fact that Geraghty had attempted to scatter the gun components and told gardai they were parts of a child's gun showed he "clearly had guilty knowledge about the matter".

Mr Justice Butler said the court considered the appropriate sentence to be one of seven years but there was "no question" of suspending any part of the term as the court had no evidence as to Geraghty's future conduct.

He said the court had said "time and again" it would suspend portions of a sentence on a credible promise but not on a "mere hope" which, along with the knowledge of Geraghty's previous conviction, was all it was offered in this case.

ARRESTED

Geraghty, of Bawnlea Crescent, Tallaght, had pleaded guilty to the possession of a 9mm FEG model P9 pistol at his home on September 26, 2012.

He was arrested as part of a garda investigation in to the activities of dissident republicans and was also charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on the same date.

Counsel for the prosecution, Tara Burns, told the Special Criminal Court that the State wished to enter a "Nolle Prosequi", in other words not proceed with this charge.

Detective Sergeant Liam Archbold told Ms Burns that gardai who raided Geraghty's home discovered part of a gun handle in a vase on the hearth in the sitting room, the opposite part of the handle on the floor, a handgun magazine under the couch and a slide release mechanism and gun trigger on the couch.

He said that officers also found a black ballistic vest hanging from the sitting room door, a pair of black gloves on the sitting room floor and numerous screws.

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Dissident arms haul is 'biggest in over 10 years.

TOM BRADY SECURITY EDITOR – 06 JULY 2013

GARDAI are satisfied that a search of a New IRA alliance depot has yielded the most significant seizure of arms and explosives from dissidents for more than a decade.

An extensive search of property at Cloghran in north Co Dublin continued throughout yesterday with an Army bomb disposal team on stand-by during the garda operation.

Since the search began on Wednesday, gardai have seized more than 15kg of Semtex explosive as well as a machine gun, at least four handguns, a couple of shotguns, a hand grenade, and a huge amount of assorted ammunition.

Components for eight pipebombs and another three pipebombs that had been fully assembled were also seized.

Gardai also uncovered a significant amount of sophisticated electronic equipment.

The search was launched after a major surveillance and intelligence gathering operation mounted by the Special Branch and the crime and security section at garda headquarters in the Phoenix Park.

Using hi-tech equipment, gardai uncovered several hiding places where the explosives and weapons had been concealed.

CAMPAIGN

Gardai said the range of the cache left them in no doubt that the terrorists were planning for a violent offensive against the security forces in Northern Ireland.

The dissidents also have longer term aims to mount a new campaign in Britain but lack the organisation and logistical back-up.

Forensic tests will be carried out on the seized Semtex haul to determine when it was brought into the country.

Last night it was not clear whether the high-grade explosives were some of those smuggled into the country by the Provisional IRA in the 1980s.

As part of the ceasefire process in Northern Ireland, the Provos claimed all explosives and arms had been put "beyond use".

However, there have been persistent fears that some quantities were removed from dumps and hidden.

And initial inspection of the find suggests that at least some of the haul could have belonged to the Provos.

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Gardai find semtex following swoop on nine New IRA suspects in Dublin

GARDAI have uncovered a significant semtex haul today as part of follow-up searches targeting dissident republican activity in Dublin.

The discovery comes a day after gardai arrested nine people and uncovered explosive material in raids on Wednesday.

Eight people were arrested following a raid on a house in Tallaght where a meeting of dissidents linked to the New IRA was taking place last night.

Gardai arrested a 46-year-old man after searching a number of containers at a yard in Cloghran, Co. Dublin. They discovered a quantity of ammunition and component parts of explosive substances during the raid around 4pm on Wednesday.

Follow up searches today uncovered what sources describe as a "significant" amount of semtex. "This is a big haul which had the potential to cause a lot of damage and will be a significant blow against dissidents," said one source. Semtex is a plastic explosive which was favoured by the Provisional IRA. The Real IRA took large quantities of the explosive when it broke away from the Provos in the 1990s. The RIRA has since merged with other republicans to form what is called the New IRA.

The arrested man, who was a former associate of slain terror boss Alan Ryan, is being held at Ballymun Garda Station. He is linked to the 32 County Sovereignty Movement. A further eight people were arrested in Tallaght on Wednesday night.

Gardai believe the eight men arrested during a search of a house in Glenshane Crecent were attending a meeting linked to the terror group. It is believed they were discussing fundraising campaigns for the movement as well as a punishment shooting of a former associate.

Some of the men arrested have been arrested in previous operations against dissidents in the capital and had been barred from associating with each other as part of their bail conditions.

They range in age form their mid-20s to 40s and are being held at several stations in the west of the city. It is understood at least three of those arrested are from the Tallaght area while others are from the northside of the city.

The group has been in disarray in recent months after many former associates of Alan Ryan were expelled from the organisation. They include Fat Deccy Smith and Nathan Kinsella and Aidan O’Driscoll who were shot in punishment attacks in recent months.

There have been several meetings of dissidents in recent days as the new leadership decides who will remain in the organisation and who will be kicked out.

Ryan’s brother Dermot took part in protests outside the Dail yesterday with fellow members of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement.

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Four on kill rap – Murder suspects face Special Criminal Court trial
By NIALL O’CONNOR
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FOUR men were charged yesterday with the murder of Peter Butterly, a close friend of slain republican mob boss Alan Ryan.
The 35-year-old dissident was shot dead in the carpark of the Hunstman Inn in Gormanston, Co Meath, in March.
Dean Evans, Edward McGrath, David Cullen and Sharif Kelly, all of Dublin, appeared before the Special Criminal Court.
The courtroom was full with family members of the accused, who listened in silence as the details of their arrests were read to the court.
Evans, 22, and McGrath, 32, were also charged with possession of a Beretta handgun and ammunition in suspicious circumstances. Det Sgt Lee Marshbowl said Evans made no reply after he was charged with the killing.
Det Sgt Oliver Flaherty said McGrath, wearing a bright purple T-shirt yesterday, also made no reply to the charges.
Cullen, 29, and Kelly, 43, were charged with a single count each of the murder.
Det Gda Kieran Regan said Cullen made no reply to the charge while Det Sgt Vincent Markey told the court Kelly replied “no” when he was asked for his reply.
Judge Paul Butler granted applications for free legal aid.
All four were remanded in custody to appear again on July 26.
Members of the secretive National Surveillance Unit as well as Emergency Response Unit detectives will give evidence at the future trial.
Ryan, 32, was shot dead as he walked near his north Dublin home last year.

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Real IRA boss’ pal gets new threats
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THE man who was blasted when Real IRA boss Alan Ryan was whacked has received a fresh death threat.
Terrified Aaron Nealis, 33, is just one of a number of Ryan’s cronies who’ve been warned they’re on a new dissident republican hit-list.
Nealis, from Sligo, had a lucky escape last September when he was hit in the leg as best pal Ryan was shot dead.
He’s now keeping a low profile after a feared terrorist launched a new purge against Ryan’s pals.
Officers from the Gardai’s Special Detective Unit are aware of the threats. A source said: “Nealis is just the latest in a long list of Ryan’s friends who have been told their lives are in danger. He’s lucky he wasn’t killed last year and he’s also a target for the criminal gang intent on targeting anyone associated with Ryan.”

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'Enough semtex to make 30 car bombs' found in RIRA stash.

NIALL O'CONNOR – 12 JULY 2013 02:30 PM

THIS is the massive haul of weapons and deadly explosives that had the potential to cause "widespread destruction".


Almost 15kg of the highly dangerous semtex discovered at a Real IRA storage depot was to be used for dissident attacks, senior gardai believe.

The lethal substance was discovered during a massive garda dig at a site at Cloghran, close to Dublin Airport, last week.

The seizure was one of the most significant in the history of the State and has come as a major blow to the criminal activities of dissident republicans.



Ammunition

The large quantity of semtex was seized along with a massive haul of guns, detonators and ammunition.

The Herald was shown the scale of the garda find – which included a replica 'golden gun'.

Our pictures show the spectacular cache of weapons – which also include an Uzi sub machine gun, double barrel shotguns and a Taser stun gun.

Other bomb-making equipment, including detonator cord and igniters, were also found by gardai.

But it is the sheer quantity of semtex – which has been used in some horrific attacks in the past – that has put gardai on high alert.

Superintendent David Taylor told the Herald that the 15kg of plastic explosive had the potential to create 30 car bombs.

"These weapons are meant for one reason, and one reason only – to kill and maim and cause great destruction to the community," Supt Taylor said.

"I have no doubt this will put a dent in the operation of these (dissident) groups."

A large quantity of pipe bombs was also discovered at the site in Cloghran on July 3 – which was raided following a long-running intelligence operation.

While gardai are investigating whether further semtex is being stashed in the country, the site at Cloghran represents the largest dissident republican arms dump discovered by gardai south of the border.

Semtex has been used in some horrific and violent explosions and was previously acquired by the IRA from former Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi in the mid-80s.

It was also used by the IRA to carry out terrorist bombings in London in the 90s and has been used during dissident attacks on police officers in the North.

While some of the weapons discovered at the site looked in poor condition, Mr Taylor said they remained lethal.

"We are talking about saving lives here. These weapons are so lethal and therefore, this represents a highly significant seizure."

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Dissident weapons cache 'had enough Semtex for 180 bombs.

12 JULY 2013

A massive haul of weapons recovered near Dublin Airport was the biggest ever seizure of dissident republican arms and explosives, gardai believe.

Up to 15kg of Semtex was seized, believed to have been stolen from the Provisional IRA in 1998 when the Real IRA split occurred.

The high explosive – purchased by the Provisional IRA 30 years ago in Libya – is usually used as a booster in bombs and this haul was sufficient for over 180 bombs.

The Garda said that just 80 grammes of the substance was used in a bomb that killed PSNI officer Ronan Kerr in April 2011 in Omagh.

The haul also included an Uzi sub-machine-gun, 10 revolvers and pistols ranging from Glocks to Walthers, Smith & Wessons and imitation guns, plus three shotguns.

One of the revolvers appeared to be golden.

The arms were seized last week in a search of lorry containers at the Old Airport Road in Cloghran, north Co Dublin.

Also recovered were electric igniters, detonator cord, pipe-bombs, a large amount of fireworks, a Taser, two silencers, about 1,300 rounds of assorted ammunition (primarily for 9mm weapons) and a range of electronic equipment, including jammers and scanners for phone and radio traffic.

The weapons are believed to have belonged to the New IRA, an alliance of dissident groups.

Gardai are satisfied the high-grade military explosive had been stored in a Provisional IRA arms dump that was meant to have been emptied and decommissioned as part of the peace process.

Anti-terrorist police officers on both sides of the border have always feared that some of the dumps, under the control of rogue quartermasters, had been untouched and stayed outside the reach of the decommissioning body.

A detailed forensic examination of the 15kg seized confirmed that the Semtex was not recently purchased and had been concealed for more than a decade.

Supt Dave Taylor said there was no doubt the seizure had foiled potentially lethal attacks by the renegade republicans. He added: "These weapons were meant for one reason only – to kill, maim and cause great destruction to the community."

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Hunt for killers in unsolved Cork gangland killings continues
Monday, June 24, 2013

WHILE six gangland killings in Cork remain unsolved, gardaí are continuing to pursue the perpetrators and, in one case have lodged a file with the DPP, are “consolidating” another, and hoping for a breakthrough in a third.

By Sean O’Riordan
There have been 42 homicides in the city and county in the past five years and gardaí have had a lot of success in locking up the killers.

However, since the first acknowledged gangland killing took place in Cork in Apr 1995, the murders of drug dealers have proved far more difficult to crack.
Senior Garda sources say the investigation into the murder of Michael Crinnion “still remains open”. Privately, they acknowledge that unless somebody talks 18 years on it’s highly unlikely there will be a conviction in that case.

Crinnion, an enforcer for the O’Flynn crime family, was gunned down by a professional hitman outside the Clannad Bar in the city’s Barrack St.

Some former gardaí who worked on the case have told the Irish Examiner they firmly believe the hitman was brought in from Dublin by a rival drug gang to take out Crinnion, who was regarded as the “hardest” member of the O’Flynn gang.

Others, however, are of the opinion that the family was getting too big for its boots and was sent a warning by a drugs overlord.

“The case remains open because there is no statute of limitations in a murder inquiry,” said a Garda source.

The next gangland killing was that of Crinnion’s brother-in-law, Kieran O’Flynn, on Jun 7, 2001.

The 38-year-old was shot three times by a masked gunman when he went to open the door of his home at Thorndale, off Dublin Hill.

For a number of years it was suspected that he had crossed a rival drug gang, but more recently the Real IRA claimed responsibility for his murder, a claim now “being treated as a distinct possibility”, according to senior Garda sources.

More that 80 people were arrested as part of the O’Flynn murder investigation — but to date nobody has been charged with his murder.

However, Garda sources said there had “been a recent and thorough review of that investigation”.

That was no doubt prompted by the Real IRA claim. It was made in Jan 2010 after the dissidents also claimed responsibility for the murder of Gerard “Topper” Staunton.

A lone gunman blasted the convicted drug dealer in the chest with a sawn-off shotgun outside his Wilton home and in front of his partner and her two children.

Gardaí also believe the Real IRA was probably involved in this hit.

The dissident republicans had in the weeks before distributed leaflets in pubs in the city warning that it would take action against drugs dealers if they didn’t desist.

Gardaí don’t believe the Real IRA are killing dealers for the good of the community. Some think they’re murdering dealers who won’t pay protection money, and others that they are removing them so they can take over their distribution network.

Last week senior gardaí acknowledged that the organisation probably was behind the punishment shooting of a man in the Dublin Hill/Ballyvolane area which the Real IRA claimed was because of his “unrepublican behaviour”. The victim was treated in hospital and hasn’t made a complaint to the gardaí.

The Real IRA also claimed responsibility for the shooting at Knocknaheeny in 2006 of Paul Jones, 36. He was paralysed as a result.

Meanwhile, the Garda probe into the murder of Gerard Staunton could present them with their first big chance to solve a drug-related gangland killing in the city.

“We are awaiting a decision from the DPP after sending his office a file on the case. We have identified a number of suspects,” said a source.

Elsewhere, a file has been sent to the DPP in respect of the murder of Eric Cummins, 31, who was shot dead in Ballincollig in Aug 2005. However, the DPP decided the evidence presented was unlikely to lead to a successful prosecution.

Gardaí believe the hitman had been waiting for Cummins for quite some time before he struck, shooting him four times as his partner, child and a friend looked on.

“A number of people were arrested in this case and certain suspects were identified,” said a Garda source.

And in a separate case, Gardaí said they are “consolidating the investigation file” on the murder of Darren Falsey, 36.

His killing bore similarities to the murder of Kieran O’Flynn, as he was also shot in the hallway of his home. It’s presumed he was killed as he answered a call at the front door of his rented home in Carrigaline.

The Real IRA haven’t claimed responsibility for his killing.

“A number of suspects have been arrested as part of this investigation. The case is still very much under investigation. We are consolidating our file, but we have not yet given it to the DPP,” said a Garda source.

Meanwhile, gardaí may not be far away from proving who killed convicted drug dealer David “Boogie” Brett in May, 2007.

The 33-year-old was lured to a secluded spot near the village of Ballydesmond in north-west Cork where he was shot dead. Earlier this year gardaí recovered a firearm, which forensic experts confirmed was the weapon used to kill him.

Gardaí remain tight-lipped about where they discovered the weapon.

They also know that a silver-coloured car transported the killer to and from the murder scene.

“We are satisfied that a number of people were involved in handling, bringing to the scene and taking away of the firearm. We know there are people out there who know about this but have not yet contacted us,” said a garda.

“This remains a very active case and we are appealing for those people to come forward. It might be six years on, but we remain confident that we will eventually track down the killer,” said a source.

Murder victims

MICHAEL CRINNION

* Somebody set up the O’Flynn crime gang enforcer when he went to answer a phone call outside a pub in Cork City.

For there, on the evening of Apr 8, 1995, a gunman was waiting for him. The 35-year-old died in a hail of bullets fired by the lone hitman, who was armed with a .38 revolver.

The murder was professionally carried out, as the gunman disappeared into thin air and has never been identified. Ballistics tests showed the weapon had not been used in a previous shooting in this country and it was probably imported for the job.

There may have been a botched attempt to kill Crinnion two months earlier. Then shots were fired into the Steeple Bar on Shandon St, where he was known to drink with his associates.

At the time, the O’Flynn family were in control of most of the city’s drugs trade. Crinnion was involved in a number of punishment beatings of members of opposing gangs and even errant members of his own gang.

KIERAN O’FLYNN

* Victim of the second gangland murder in Cork, O’Flynn was Michael Crinnion’s brother-in-law and was killed on Jun 7, 2001.

It’s believed the gunman knocked on the front door of O’Flynn’s house only to be told by his 8-year-old daughter he wasn’t at home.

At about 11pm, he returned to the house at Thorndale, off Dublin Hill.

This time the 38-year-old was at home and, when he went to answer the door, he was shot by the balaclava-clad hitman. He fired twice through the glass panel of the door and then stepped into the hallway, where he shot O’Flynn a third time in the throat.

O’Flynn’s partner and three young children were in the house at the time.

O’Flynn had been arrested by gardaí and customs officers after a high-speed boat chase in Cork Harbour in Dec 1992. He was intercepted as he tried to bring about 50kg of cannabis resin ashore at Hop Island. He was convicted for the offence.

ERIC CUMMINS

* The killing of the 31-year-old was probably the most shocking gangland hit of all.

The plasterer was shot in the driveway of his partner’s house in the Oldcourt area of Ballincollig on Aug 13, 2005 — while holding his 18-month-old son.

Earlier, the lone gunman left a parked car, strolled across a green area where several local children were playing, retrieved the handgun from bushes, and jogged calmly towards his victim. He shot Cummins at close range four times. Cummins’s partner also witnessed the brutal slaying.

The gunman made his escape in a dark-coloured Honda car driven by an accomplice. Gardaí later found the vehicle burnt out, making it impossible to find valuable forensic evidence.

Cummins had a conviction for a drugs offence in Portlaoise and was known to gardaí.

Nobody has been convicted of the killing.

DAVID BRETT

* He had a history of dabbling in drugs before the fateful day he was shot dead on a country road near Ballydesmond.

The 33-year-old, originally from Greenmount in Cork City, had moved to North Cork prior to his murder on May 21, 2007.

His first brush with the law resulted in him getting four years jail in 1995 after he was convicted at Waterford Circuit Court of possession with intent to supply.

Six years later, he escaped with a suspended sentence for driving another man to collect €50,000 worth of ecstasy hidden at Ballymartle, Kinsale.

One theory behind his murder was that he owed a significant amount of money to a Cork-based drugs gang and they decided to make an example of him.

Brett’s older brother, John, was once one of the region’s biggest ecstasy dealers. In Nov 1999 he was caught by gardaí in a Glanmire warehouse with €500,000 worth of ecstasy tablets stashed in truck tyres. For that, he received an 11-year jail sentence.

GERARD STAUNTON

* A week after the 41-year-old was murdered outside his rented house in Wilton, the Real IRA claimed responsibility for the killing.

Gerard ‘Topper’ Staunton, 41, originally from Kilkieran Close in Hollyhill, was shot by a lone gunman as he was getting into his car outside the Wilton house at 7.50pm on Jan 20, 2010. The convicted drug-dealer was blasted in the chest at close range with a double-barreled sawn-off shotgun.

The murder was witnessed by his partner and her two children.

The gunman fled in a red 92 C-registered Toyota Liteace van with distinctive bull-bars. It sped off along Sarsfield Rd and was found burned out in a field four miles away at Castlewhite, near Waterfall, at about 8.30pm.

The dissident republicans issued a statement through the 32 County Sovereignty Movement claiming responsibility. The Real IRA later threatened to kill more dealers.

DARREN FALSEY

* The 36-year-old had been suspected of being a major drugs player in Cork, but was never convicted of dealing.

He was shot dead at his house at Ashbourne Court in Carrigaline on Aug 3, 2011.

Falsey, who was a fanatical Munster and Tottenham Hotspur fan, had been shopping in Cork City with his partner, Lorraine Conroy, the morning he died. She dropped the unemployed father of two back to their home at 2pm and left.
At 2.45pm, she returned to the house with her son Dylan, 8, to discover Falsey lying in a pool of blood in the front hallway. He had been shot in the head and upper body.

Gardaí recovered shell casings from the scene, which showed he was shot with a 9mm handgun. Later, gardaí discovered €30,000 in cash at a premises rented by Falsey in the Riverstick area. They then located a handgun in woods near Watergrasshill. Ballistics tests confirmed it was used to kill Falsey.

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Gang enforcer Paul Rice was quizzed over gang hit.

Notorious gang enforcer Paul Rice was arrested last week in connection with a murder investigation, the Sunday World can reveal.

The 44-year-old thug was nabbed by detectives investigating the gangland slaying of James Kenny McDonagh in October 2010.

The 28-year-old was abducted and shot dead and then buried in the Dublin mountains.

Rice was one of three arrested over the past week by gardai from Kilmainham, Dublin.

McDonagh, who was from Bluebell, in west Dublin, is understood to have been murdered by associates of Rice after standing up to a mob boss.

He was last seen in Bluebell on the afternoon of October 27, 2010, driving a wine-coloured Mazda 626.

Officers believe he was lured to a meeting and ambushed from behind by a gunman who fired one shot into the back of his head with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.

He was then taken to the mountains where the gang dug a shallow grave and dumped his body. He was reported missing several days after he was murdered and his car was later found burnt out in Newcastle.

His remains were discovered by chance in January 2012 by hill walkers.

Gardai moved to detain Rice and two of his pals in the last seven days. Rice was arrested at his home in Tallaght on Monday and held at Kilmainham Garda station for eight hours. It is understood he refused to cooperate.

One of the other men detained is suspected of having set up McDonagh.

All three were released without charge and the murder probe is continuing.

McDonagh was a well-known criminal who associated with several gangs in south Dublin. He was involved in drug dealing and general criminality and is understood to have a had a fight with one of Rice’s best friends.

The father-of-one was also in dispute with at least two other mobs, which has complicated the garda investigation.

Threats were issued by both sides and it is understood that McDonagh was murdered in order to prevent him from targeting Rice’s friend.

Rice is regarded as one of the most serious criminals in the capital. He has a fearsome reputation for violence and is an enforcer for Christy Kinahan and Gerard ‘Hatchet’ Kavanagh.

He owns several ice cream vans and was involved in the infamous “ice cream wars” in the 1990s, when he put several rivals out of business by threatening to shoot them.

Rice was caged for 10 years in 1995 after he pleaded guilty to a series of violent armed robberies.

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Costa Del Solved.


AN unemployed man who gardai feared had been abducted and killed by the RIRA, has been spotted in Malaga with a well-known crime figure, reports have claimed.

There were serious fears for the safety of Robbie Carroll (27), after he failed to appear for a court hearing in April.

Last October, Carroll – who was a pal of slain mobster Michael ‘the Panda’ Kelly – was charged with withholding information from gardai investigating the murder of RIRA boss Alan Ryan.

Carroll’s family reported him missing and were subsequently interviewed by gardai, but were unable to provide any information about his movements.

His dad is believed to have told gardai that his son would not have gone missing voluntarily and that there had been no contact from him.

Detectives initially believed Carroll, from Dublin, with an address in Clonee, Co. Meath, had been abducted by a dissident squad who were looking to avenge Ryan’s murder.

However, they are now convinced that Carroll is living safely outside of Ireland – and may be staying on the Costa del Sol.

Dad of one Carroll is believed to have driven to Northern Ireland before getting the boat to England.

A source told the Sunday World that there are unconfirmed reports that Carroll has been spotted in Spain with a well-known Dublin criminal figure.

The drug trafficker acted as a ‘money man’ and right-hand man to Michael ‘Micka’ Kelly before he was murdered by the RIRA in 2011.

The source said Carroll has been in contact with a number of his associates by phone.

“Gardai are convinced he is alive, he has made contact with his friends,” said a source.

On October 25, Carroll was charged with withholding information which might have been of material assistance in securing the conviction of a person in connection with the murder of RIRA chief Alan Ryan. The offence can carry a possible five-year jail sentence.

Following a brief hearing, shouts of “scumbag” and other abuse was hurled at Carroll as he was led from court.

The court heard that Carroll made no reply when charged with withholding information from gardai, but his lawyers say he strongly denies the allegation.

He was described in court as a flight risk who frequently changes address and stays in hotels. He was granted bail in his own bond of €6,000, of which he had to lodge €2,000.

However, he failed to turn up to a hearing at Dublin District Court in April when it was expected he would be served with a book of evidence and an order made sending him forward for trial.

His solicitor Declan Fahy had then said: “We are somewhat concerned as to why he is not here.” The lawyer had said Mr Carroll had obeyed his bail terms and it is a case where gardai were concerned for his safety.

Mr Fahy had also said: “The only thing I am aware of is that his father has reported him missing to gardaí,” but he had added that he was not aware when that had happened.

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I am going to remove my self from active duty on the Criminal Action Force Thread I have not come across much on this organisation in the press or internet community since last 3 April 2013.

Recall a statement went out in the Irish Star paper saying most members of the C.A.F had left the group and set up a new organisation called United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A I could not get a link to the Irish Star story at the time.

Criminal Action Force statements where in the paper regularly over a number of years and since the last statement in April there has been none at all.

United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A

I have not come across anything on them at all since the April story if I do it will be posted.



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I am going to remove my self from active duty on the Criminal Action Force Thread I have not come across much on this organisation in the press or internet community since last 3 April 2013.

Recall a statement went out in the Irish Star paper saying most members of the C.A.F had left the group and set up a new organisation called United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A I could not get a link to the Irish Star story at the time.

Criminal Action Force statements where in the paper regularly over a number of years and since the last statement in April there has been none at all.

United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A

I have not come across anything on them at all since the April story if I do it will be posted.


Sorry to hear the CAF crew have been de-activated abe.

Loving the new name though, U.C.A lol These guys have gone from having a boss with the same name as the "Mr Big" guy in Sex And The City to sharing an acronym with the Universal Cheerleaders Association lol

Enjoy your leave abe, hope you're going somewhere hot wink


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Originally Posted By: abc123
I am going to remove my self from active duty on the Criminal Action Force Thread I have not come across much on this organisation in the press or internet community since last 3 April 2013.

Recall a statement went out in the Irish Star paper saying most members of the C.A.F had left the group and set up a new organisation called United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A I could not get a link to the Irish Star story at the time.

Criminal Action Force statements where in the paper regularly over a number of years and since the last statement in April there has been none at all.

United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A

I have not come across anything on them at all since the April story if I do it will be posted.


Sorry to hear the CAF crew have been de-activated abe.

Loving the new name though, U.C.A lol These guys have gone from having a boss with the same name as the "Mr Big" guy in Sex And The City to sharing an acronym with the Universal Cheerleaders Association lol

Enjoy your leave abe, hope you're going somewhere hot wink
Originally Posted By: SEAN_SOUTH
Originally Posted By: abc123
I am going to remove my self from active duty on the Criminal Action Force Thread I have not come across much on this organisation in the press or internet community since last 3 April 2013.

Recall a statement went out in the Irish Star paper saying most members of the C.A.F had left the group and set up a new organisation called United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A I could not get a link to the Irish Star story at the time.

Criminal Action Force statements where in the paper regularly over a number of years and since the last statement in April there has been none at all.

United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A

I have not come across anything on them at all since the April story if I do it will be posted.


Sorry to hear the CAF crew have been de-activated abe.

Loving the new name though, U.C.A lol These guys have gone from having a boss with the same name as the "Mr Big" guy in Sex And The City to sharing an acronym with the Universal Cheerleaders Association lol

Enjoy your leave abe, hope you're going somewhere hot wink


Hi,Sean South seems to be a long time you have posted on the Criminal Action Force Thread be hey welcome back,

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

Denis Waitley,

Change ? United Criminal Alliance-U.C.A statement is in todays Star page so hold your horses, they haven't gone away you know.

New thread set up i am very sure you will be first on thank you.

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Most of the countries trying to reduce the crimes but still they have not completely control over it.What you think that how they can reduce the crimes?

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Originally Posted By: Edwin
Most of the countries trying to reduce the crimes but still they have not completely control over it.What you think that how they can reduce the crimes?


Sean South is your man seems to know.

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http://www.herald.ie/news/gardai-on-alert-for-anniversary-of-ryan-murder-29541580.html

CONOR FEEHAN – 31 AUGUST 2013 07:00 AM

DISSIDENT republicans will be prevented from making any military display marking the first anniversary of the murder of RIRA terror boss Alan Ryan.

Teams of gardai are already working undercover to monitor known criminals who might plan a commemoration.

Members of the Special Detective Unit, backed up by plain-clothes members of local stations around Donaghmede and the wider division, have stepped-up security in advance of the September 3 anniversary.

Ryan (32) was shot dead as he walked with friends near his home in Clongriffin, north Dublin.

VOLLEY

There was a national outcry when a volley of shots was fired over Ryan's coffin as it was led from his house for his funeral mass on September 9.

Gardai were strongly criticised for failing to intervene when dissidents dressed in black berets and military clothing fired shots into the air in broad daylight.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter described the funeral display as "reprehensible and absolutely unacceptable".

There was also local criticism when his associates placed black flags on lamp posts around the area and prevented residents from accessing Grange Abbey on the day he was buried.

"Ryan's murder was a very high profile killing and sparked a lot of tension within criminal gangs and subversive sympathisers all over the capital," said one source.

"Now that the first anniversary is approaching there will be a lot of garda activity around north Dublin, and subversives will be monitored just to make sure that a lid can be kept on any potential security situation," they added.

It is expected that plain-clothes gardai will be patrolling and monitoring areas around north Dublin and there will be a more visible garda presence in estates in Donaghmede and Clongriffin over the coming week.

MASSIVE

There have been reports that the 32 County Sovereignty Movement plan a massive march from Ryan's Donaghmede home to his grave on his anniversary next Tuesday.

His murder was organised when a number of the most dangerous gangs in the capital clubbed together after Ryan extorted money from them and engaged in a campaign of violent harassment.

He was killed when two gunmen opened fire on him and one of his associates.

A car carrying what gardai believe were two gunmen pulled up and at least one passenger got out and started firing at Ryan. His friend Aaron Nealis was shot in the leg.

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Michael o'Toole Journalist,

Gangster BB member you write crap in your Irish Star paper seen a story today can't get a link on your site were you said two criminals got Ryan killed last year you said Criminal Action Force did the hit so what you now have two storys ?

His murder was organised when a number of the most dangerous gangs in the capital clubbed together after Ryan extorted money from them and engaged in a campaign of violent harassment.

http://www.herald.ie/news/gardai-on-alert-for-anniversary-of-ryan-murder-29541580.html

link, sounds like your story last year.

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http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cri...g-29933702.html

Crime lord paid 'guns for hire' €30k to carry out revenge killing.

TOM BRADY SECURITY EDITOR – 21 JANUARY 2014

A "guns for hire" gang is being blamed for the weekend murder of Dublin criminal Michael Devoy.

Gardai believe Devoy was shot dead after a €30,000 contract was placed on his head on the orders of a major Irish crime figure, who is currently living overseas.

Devoy was targeted after the crime lord decided he had been the "trigger man" in an attempt to murder convicted heroin dealer Greg Lynch outside a pub in Dublin's north inner city last October.

Lynch was shot in the head, after a gunman opened fire on a crowd attending a 21st birthday party, but survived the attack.

He is linked to associates of the crime lord, who is believed to have ordered the hit on Devoy in retaliation.

Senior garda officers said last night they were sceptical of underworld intelligence indicating he had placed a €100,000 contract on the deaths of three men, including Devoy.

CONSORTIUM

The contract is believed by gardai to have been taken on by a group who have been involved in a series of criminal activities in counties Louth and Meath, as well as on the north side of Dublin, in the past few years.

The gang involves a 40-year-old Dundalk man, who is well known to gardai and is suspected of being responsible for issuing threats to other criminals who refused to hand over a slice of their profits to the group.

The gang uses cover names such as the "criminal action force" or the "united criminal alliance" to claim they carried out attacks.

The "criminal action force" claimed responsibility for the murder of Real IRA Dublin boss Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in September 2012.

Gardai say the shooting of Ryan was organised by a consortium of gang bosses, who had clashed with the dissident republican over his demands for cash from their drug trafficking and armed robberies.

Devoy was aware, along with two others, that his life was at risk and wore a bullet-proof vest.

He had been arrested by gardai last Tuesday with another man as a result of the execution of outstanding warrants against them.

Devoy (41), from Balbutcher Drive, Poppintree, Ballymun, north Dublin, was taken to Portlaoise jail. But his lawyers took an action against the State for alleged delays in serving the warrants and a court ordered his release from jail on Friday.

He was shot in the left side of the head with a handgun on Saturday night and his body was about to be dumped over a wall, leading to a 30ft drop, at Foxhill Road, Bohernabreena, Tallaght, in south county Dublin.

But local detectives, on a routine patrol, disturbed the killers who jumped into a car and fled. Garda gave pursuit but failed to locate the car, described as a silver-coloured hatchback.

When the officers returned to the scene they found Devoy's body. A post-mortem examination was carried out yesterday by Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis, who confirmed that he died from gunshot wounds to the head.

Detailed searches of shrubbery and undergrowth around the Foxhill Road continued yesterday as gardai searched for vital forensic clues to the identity of the killers.

Gardai said at least two men were in the silver hatchback car when it sped away from the scene, shortly before 11pm on Saturday.

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Originally Posted By: SEAN_SOUTH
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What a shit name to give your gang.
I thought ira had thousands of troops on the street.


The gang members in Ireland have the same power as the IRA if not more.

some 250 people or there about were shot dead in Ireland since 2000 90 % by the gangs, Criminal Action Force is a name gangs have used when doing attacks on the real IRA.


The gang members in Dublin have as many vendettas hanging over them from any which way you can think of than it really can be said power to match the IRA. And that is what they are now referring to themselves as once again. These gangs don't really get on and are more looking to resist to consolidate their own power than to challenge the authority of the IRA.

Some may have a united interest in protecting their own piece of the action but they don't have the capabilities or manpower on a national level to match the IRA. To the IRA Dublin is just another front for the war they're fighting on their own territory. A convenient one based on funds and location.

They're also still in the middle of an armed campaign which has recently been targeting jail guards and nearly blew up a guard outside his house just last week. It's not as if Dublin is the last of the Alamo for these guys. The bigger threat to the IRA is the law and the kinds of infiltration like the one that stopped their arms smuggling operation for a mainland campaign overseas in the England that was nipped in the bud in Lithuania:- http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/...ng-2913634.html

There are so many undercover agents that any move they make can only be entrusted with very high operatives and when they do plan anything overseas that inevitably means risking compromising more high level members and with London one of the global banking sectors of the world there is no expense spared to cut down these kinds of operations. That the IRA are still highly active on the border, control the fuel pipeline which has made many millionaires ten, twenty times over as well as engaging in a bitter campaign targeting soldiers, cops and gangsters on all fronts tells me there is someway left to go before the IRA can be said to be losing their power to any one gang. Some are so powerful that being suspected in major bombing campaigns on high profile targets hasn't stopped them keeping the grip on their own little Empire. As I said South Armagh is where it's at:-
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analys...ry-1503201.html


There is no threat to the IRA on a national level, the Dublin crews have international connections and are powerful in their own right and they are also in with the Russians now even if they gots to make sure they don't act like a bunch of crazy drunken micks and go busting up some RUssian don's nearest an dearest or someting cos thats liable to get you popped:-
http://www.russiablog.org/2008/02/russians_kill_dublin_drugs_lor.php

These gangs are tough especially on their own turf but the IRA have been through much worse than this. They have hardened veterans at their disposal who have had friends die on hunger strike and have spent years in the can doing hard time with no prospect of release.

It is fair to say that the IRA are not the power they were in the 80's especially since the peace process an dthe split but there is still only one or two ways this thing could go.

1) The IRA maintain their dominance in Dublin (or as much as can be expected in such a volatile city)

or

2) The Dublin crews will consolidate their turf.

Either way the IRA will always maintain a presence in the city and they wouldn't be going for dominance if they really didn't think it was up for grabs.

The IRA like to push people around and they don't really negotiate. As far as Dublin goes, this isn't really new the Dublin crews have always been a pain in the butt for the IRA and the IRA an even bigger pain in the butt to them.

This thing has yet to play out but the hit on Alan Ryan came because the IRA were stepping up their campaign to control Dublin not because they were retreating into their shells. These guys ain't averse to danger they live with it day in, day out and sometimes when you back somebody into a corner then what choice do they really have but to hit back?






http://www.derry32csm.com/2010/11/ira-statement.html

Oglaigh na hEireann statement

IRA Statement

The IRA's position regarding drug dealers is clear and our actions against them are motivated by the need to ensure the safety of the community.
These actions are welcomed by communities who are suffering at the hands of drug dealers.

Recently, a number of newspapers have run stories claiming that the IRA was involved in drugs and prostitution and that members of the Dublin Brigade had been stood down. The stories are lies.

Subsequently, the IRA sent a statement to the Irish Star Newspaper claiming responsibility for the execution of numerous drug dealers. The Star refused to carry the statement but instead carried statements from a Dublin drugs gang styling itself the "Criminal Action Force" which threatened republicans. The Star newspaper was raided by the Free State Special Branch but nothing was reported in any newspaper. We invite people to analyse these facts for themselves and determine who benefits from this policy of censorship and misinformation.

Copy of IRA statement sent to the Star (below):

17/9/2010

In Response to Recent Sensationalist Media Articles:

The leadership of the IRA wish to clarify our position on these claims: The IRA have never taken money from criminals and then allowed them to continue to operate, we have in fact relieved them of their finances and weaponry then closed down their operations.Allegations have been made that the IRA extorted a large amount of money from drug dealers and criminals. Anyone with evidence to support these claims should come forward immediately.

The leadership of the IRA have never sanctioned such actions and anyone using our name to tax drug dealers and criminals will be executed. In fact the only organisations in Ireland that take money from criminals and allows them to operate are state agencies, on both sides of the border, who take their assets and allow them to carry on their poison trade.

The IRA postion on drug dealers is clear, they deal death to our communities. We deal with them. Some examples are: Matthew Burns, Kieran Flynn, Jason Eagan, Colly Owens, Gerard Staunton, Kieran Doherty,and Sean Winters, amongst others.

To those who believe they can escape the reach of the republican movement, we have also executed drug dealers on the continent who believed they were safe, having fled the country. We have crippled, maimed and exiled numerous others.

Anyone caught up in the world of criminality, drug dealing, or issuing threats to republicans should come forward and admit their involvement now. Anyone who does not avail of this opportunity will face the inevitable consequences.
Those who wish to take on the republican movement should realise this. These parasites are members of a gang, the IRA are members of a disciplined army with experience of war.
Posted 6th November 2010 by Lynch/Duffy Cumann Derry32CSM



Anyone who does not avail of this opportunity will face the inevitable consequences ?

Yes and the inevitable consequences was the I.R.A. GETS THEIR ASS KICKED!!!

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http://www.thestar.ie/star/criminal-alliance-were-behind-fat-deccy-hit-44658/


I will get back to this seems to be down or something.

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Ok we now have a war starting in Ireland the Criminal Action Force have came out with a statement today saying they are going to hit a faction of CIRA, i have not seen anything from this group in a long time i will post the story now.

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http://www.thestar.ie/star/caf-gangster-group-hit-back-at-dissidents-46261/


CAF gangster group hit back at dissidents.

A COALITION of gangsters last night hit back at CIRA bosses who threatened to execute criminals in Dublin.

And the so-called Criminal Action Force ramped up the pressure on the CIRA in Limerick — by warning them they would be murdered if they touched any of their members.

“All CAF members are now instructed to use all necessary and appropriate force,” a spokesman told The Star.

The threats from CAF, in a statement given exclusively to The Star, come after CIRA bosses publicly vowed to take on criminals.

The CIRA had themselves been responding to threats by criminals that they would not put up with extortion by republicans.

Cash

The criminals claimed CIRA in Limerick were targeting gangsters for cash — and they would not accept it.

That drew an angry response from CIRA, who vowed: “Threats made against members of the Republican Movement are viewed very seriously and we now restate that the CIRA are committed to protecting our Volunteers and will take any measures necessary to [do so].”

They warned the gangsters: “If any attempts are made by you to harm in any manner, members of the CIRA, their homes or their families, the perpetrators…will face execution.”

But CAF claimed that the statement was actually from a gang masquerading as CIRA — and vowed to take them on.

They said the people behind the threats were former associates of slain Real IRA boss Alan Ryan (32), gunned down in September 2012.

CAF was set up in late 2010 to counter extortion of crims by Ryan and his pals.

They said they attempted to murder five members of the now defunct Irish Republican Voice group, linked to Ryan, in north Dublin last year.

Force

That short-lived organisation was not a terror group, but was close to RIRA members.

The CAF statement said: “A so-called gang masquerading as the…CIRA have stated they will kill all Ireland’s top criminals.

“These claims are viewed very seriously by CAF membership…We gave some treatment to prominent extortionists in the past and will do so again.

“All CAF members are now instructed to use all necessary and appropriate force against those persons.

“We attacked five men last November. You know who you are. We were unlucky last time, but will not be next time.

“Our actions are legitimate in response to threats from fake CIRA to use force and aggression against Irish criminals.”

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