ALL WIPED OUT: (clockwise) Collie Owens, Noel Deans, Micka Kelly and gang veteran Eamonn Kelly KILLED BY RIRA RIRA HITS July 2010:
CoIm 'Collie' Owens (34) was shot (lead While he worked at an animal feed store in his native Finglas. He was involved with a veteran criminal who resisted RIRA extortion demands. Gardai believe Owens was shot dead by now slain RIBA hitman Daniel Gaynor.
September 2010: Sean Winters (12) from nuheny, north Dublin, was gunned down outside an apartment complex in Portmarnock, north Dublin.
The RIRA killed him because he refused to hand aver cash — but also because he vowed revenge for the murder of his cousin, Noel Deans (27). Deans was killed by the IRA in Coolock in January of 2010 as part of a personal dispute. RIRA boss Alan Ryan was arrested over Winters' murder but was not charged.
September 2011: Drug baron Michael 'Micka' Kelly (30) was shot dead as he visited his baby son in Clon griffin. The thugs drove over his heal! after shooting him with an assault rifle and a pistol. The RI RA killed him because he refused to hand over some €100,000 in profits from his criMinal operations.
December 2012: Veteran gangster Eamonn Kelly was linked to the biggest criminals at home and abroad and was gunned down outside his house in Killester, north Dublin. The 65-year-old was shot by RIRA group because they blamed him tor the !minter of Alan Ryan (32) in September. He had survived a previous gun attack by the RIRA.
CAF HITS August 2010: Daniel Gaynor (28) was shot dead as he walked along a street in Finglas. The killing was claimed by the Criminal Action Force, who said he was a drug dealer and was working for the Real IRA. Gardai believe Gaynor was a hitman and was blamed for the murder of Collie Owens. Keith Wilson (25). of Cremona Road, Ballyfermot, is currently serving life for Gaynors killing.
October 2010: The body of James Kenny McDonagh (28), from Bluebell in south Dublin was found 16 months after he went missing in October 2010. The grim discovery was made by a walker in the Dublin mountains. McDonagh had been shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave. The CAF said they abducted and shot McDonagh because he was linked to the Real IRA.
July 2011: The CAF also claimed the murder of Darren Cogan (22). who was shot dead as he sat in a pub in Inchicore. south Dublin. The CAF said two separate hit teams went after Cogan because of alleged links to the Real IRA in the inner city.
September 2012: Dublin KIRA boss Alan Ryan (32)was shot dead as he walked in Clongrif fin. To republicans, he was a hero who was taking on criminals on behalf of working-class people. To gardni and criminals, he was a thug lining his own pockets. He masterminded the extortion operation against criminals.
September 2012: The CAF.' also claimed to have killed Gerard Eglington (27). who was shot dead in Portarlington, Co Lank. However. gordai believe that his death was part of the ongoing Crumlin-Drimnagh gang war.
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LIVES TAKEN: (clockwise) Daniel Gaynor, James Kenny McDonagh, Darren Cogan, Gerard Eglington
Veteran gangster Eamon Kelly (65) has already felt the consequences, being shot dead in Killester by a Real IRA gang last December. He was not central to the plot to kill Ryan but was loosely involved with those who ordered the hit. Other, More senior and dangerous criminals includ-ing members of the CAF are also being hunted by the Real IRA over Ryan's death. One thing is certain — this war will see More blood shed.
