ASSOCIATES of murdered Real IRA boss Alan Ryan held a menacing graveyard dress rehearsal ahead of today's commemoration.
Ryan's pals stage a dress rehearsal for march in cemetery.
Pals of the terror chief met in Balgriffin graveyard last night and prepared for the march under cover of darkness.
Officers from the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and the riot squad were today on high alert for the prospect of criminal behaviour during the demonstration.
Several well-known republican figures, including dissident Gary 'Donzo' Donnelly, are expected to turn out at the march.
Donnelly was jailed for seven months in 2010 after losing his appeal against convictions for assaulting and obstructing a police officer.
TOLERANCE
Senior garda management has demanded that a "zero tolerance approach" is taken to any form of public order or criminal activity.
"Gardai are prepared for all possibilities and we are ready to move if we get any sign of trouble," a senior source explained.
Dozens of garda barriers were laid out today in preparation for any unruly behaviour at the march. Gardai are aware that a group of Ryan's pals entered Balgriffin graveyard last night. They were seen practicing for today's march – which is beginning at the Ryan family home on Grange Abbey Drive.
Our pictures show Ryan's brother, Dermot, holding a ladder close to the home as a male associate hung a tricolour.
Dermot Ryan was one of a number of family members and loved ones of the gang boss who visited his grave on his anniversary.
Gardai are particularly concerned about the attendance of well-known dissident figures at the event.
Organisers have requested that attendants were black and white.
"We will assemble at Alan's family home at Grange Abbey Drive and march to the graveyard. We would like to ask can every republican to wear black and whites. A function will follow afterwards. All genuine republicans welcome, Beir Bua," organisers said on Facebook.
Sources say that because of the "robust policing plan" that will be in place tomorrow, it is hugely unlikely that there will be similar scenes to what happened at Alan Ryan's paramilitary funeral last September when a volley of shots were fired over his coffin.
Today's commemoration will leave Ryan's family home at Grange Abbey Drive at 2.30pm before marching to Balgriffin Cemetery.
