A NOTORIOUS gangster has drawn up a gruesome gangland will — with €30,000 for the mobster who avenges his death, it has emerged.
The Star has established that the Dublin criminal is under death threat over his role in the murder of a terror boss 18 months ago.
And he has now ordered a close associate of his victim should be gunned down — if he is killed himself.
The thug, regarded as one of the most dangerous criminals in the country, is joint head of the drugs gang that killed Real IRA chief Alan Ryan in Dublin in 2012 — and he knows he will one day pay the price for that murder.
But sources have revealed he has now put down a bounty of up to €30,000 — to be paid by his associates to the man who kills a named associate of Ryan if and when he is murdered.
Trouble
“He knows he is in serious trouble and wants to take someone with him if he gets killed,” a source told The Star last night.
“He has put down the €30,000 and has stipulated that if he is killed then a named associate of Ryan is to be murdered.
“He has let it be known that there is a price on the associate’s head if he is killed and the belief is that it is some sort of desperate insurance policy on his own life.
“He thinks that the Ryan gang will be prevented from going after him, knowing one of their people will be done in return.
“But he is wrong about that. Ryan’s associates have been after him since the murder and will stop at nothing to get him.
“They will take their chances on one of their own being killed if he is taken out.”
Feud
SHOT DEAD: Fat Deccy Smith was one of Ryan’s lieutenant who was himself murdered moments after dropping his child off at a creche last month in Dublin The bizarre bounty was put down in the last month, sources say, and comes as elements in the Real IRA in Dublin — once controlled by Ryan (32) — continue to stalk the Mr Big.
They have vowed vengeance ever since the republican was shot dead near his home in Donaghmede in north Dublin on September 3, 2012.
Ryan was targeted as part of a feud with criminals in the city over an extortion racket he was running.
The convicted terrorist extorted more than €300,000 from terrified criminals all over the capital — and then turned his attention to drug-dealing Mr Big and his associate, a notorious armed robber from north Dublin.
They refused to hand over cash and, when he threatened to have them murdered, sent a hit team to take him out.
The Real IRA later turned on Ryan’s closest associates and kicked them out of the organisation because of their alleged criminality.
Rifles
But Ryan’s mob of thugs is still heavily involved in gangland crime and has access to a frightening array of weaponry, including assault rifles.
Mr Big’s associate was so concerned at the prospect of being killed in revenge that he fled Ireland shortly after the Ryan murder — but the main man was unable to leave.
SLAIN: The criminal gang are also thought to have been responsible for the 2010 murder of Daniel Gaynor who was a hitman for Ryan He is now holed up in his home with bullet-proof glass and CCTV cameras because he knows his life is in imminent danger.
On the rare occasions when he does leave his house he constantly varies his route in case he is being followed by the terrorists.
Sources say gardai believe it is only a matter of time before his guard slips and Ryan’s former pals pounce on him.
Hit
“They will get him, there is no doubt about that,” a source said.
“They idolised Ryan and if they have to wait five years before they get him, they will.”
News of the €30,000 beyond-the-grave bounty comes amid increased tensions between criminals and republicans.
Just last month, Real IRA member ‘Fat’ Deccy Smith — who was a key lieutenant of Ryan — was himself gunned down in north Dublin.
He was blasted in the head at close range with a sawn-off shotgun moments after dropping off his child at a creche in Donaghmede on March 21.
The 32-year-old died from his injuries a week later — and criminals were blamed for that hit.
They were also blamed for the August 2010 murder of Daniel Gaynor (28) in Finglas, north Dublin. He was a hitman for Ryan.
