The suspects arrested today include two males from the Finglas area with the other three from flat complexes in the Dublin 2 area of the city. The victim of the shooting is a south inner city boy who is said to be making a “good recovery” after his release from hospital. “Four males in their 20s and a male juvenile were arrested following a number of searches in Dublin this morning,” a spokesman said. However sources say that he is on “friendly terms” with a dangerous grouping of south inner city thugs who run a drugs distribution network in the area. This mob had been using a number of sheds and stables in the Liberties area as a drug dealing headquarters before it was demolished by Dublin City Council last May.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2021 11:22 UTC