Ireland's ancient town of Drogheda -- pronounced Draw-head-a -- has become the setting for feuds between drug-dealing gangs that have claimed three lives in grisly tit-for-tat attacks. Years of austerity have left Drogheda without adequate social services and opportunities to keep young people off the streets, residents there say. Drogheda, a town north of Dublin, is at the center of a gruesome gang feud. The Drogheda drug feuds escalated in July 2018 with the shooting of a man linked to crime in the area, according to the Irish Times. At the rally was Louise Mahony, manager of the Red Door Project, which offers services to people with drug and alcohol problems.

Source: CNN February 07, 2020 05:03 UTC