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Car bombs found in new feud
Irish Independent
Tuesday April 22 2008
DETECTIVES have linked the discovery of 20 car bombs in the city to a new feud between the INLA and a gangland criminal.
CHILLING DISCOVERY: Gardai at the scene of bombs find
Gardai believe the exposives cache was to be used in an attempt on the life of the drugs trafficker ‘Fat Freddie’ Thompson.
It’s the third major feud in the capital and the second in which Thompson is involved. He has already survived attempts on his life in the so-called Drimnagh Feud.
Now a row over drugs takings has pitched him against the leader of the INLA.
The bombs discovery comes in the wake of the latest gangland murder on the other side of the city at the weekend, although there is no link.
Thirteen suspects were today still being questioned in connection with the feud-related murder of Anthony Russell in an Artane pub on Friday following a massive garda shakedown early yesterday.
In Tallaght, meanwhile, Army bomb experts were called in to deal with the haul of 20 bomb components discovered at the rear of the Cuckoo’s Nest pub, Greenhills Road.
INLA
Detectives suspect INLA involvement in connection with the find.
Officers pointed out that the bombs were of precisely the same type as those discovered on Captain’s Road, Crumlin, on March 16 last and again at Crumlin Park the following day.
The bombs, containing gun powder, screws and ball bearings, are designed to be placed underneath a car.
The INLA was linked to those attacks and is now thought to have made serious threats on the life of Thompson. The row centres on who gets what from the proceeds of drug deals.
Thompson is already involved in a separate feud with another gang – the so-called Drimnagh feud – which has led to 10 murders so far.
Gardai are very concerned at the level of activity of the INLA, particularly in west Dublin, thought to be led by a recently-released prisoner.
The group is known to hire its services out to the highest bidder and has become increasingly involved in overt criminal activity.
The group is also linked to drug dealing, in particular the supply of cocaine in the city centre.
“A lot of the cocaine in circulation in the centre, especially around Temple Bar, can be traced back to INLA operatives,” said one senior garda source today.
The maverick paramilitary group is already linked to wholesale drug dealing, racketeering and intimidation in parts of the city.
Fat Freddie meanwhile partied until the early hours last Friday to celebrate a young woman’s 21st birthday.
The party was held in an upmarket central Dublin hotel and attended by many of Freddie’s friends including Martin Foley.
In Tallaght, local TD Charlie O Connor said the community was deeply concerned by the bombs find.
SCHOOL
“I only heard about it last night, but anybody I was talking to is concerned. It’s not something you want to happen close to housing estates.
“There’s a few small businesses beside the pub, a travellers’ site, and the Cuckoo’s Nest is just across the green from Colaiste De hIde [all-Irish secondary school].
“It’s concerning to see this happen,” he said.
Irish Independent
Tuesday April 22 2008
DETECTIVES have linked the discovery of 20 car bombs in the city to a new feud between the INLA and a gangland criminal.
CHILLING DISCOVERY: Gardai at the scene of bombs find
Gardai believe the exposives cache was to be used in an attempt on the life of the drugs trafficker ‘Fat Freddie’ Thompson.
It’s the third major feud in the capital and the second in which Thompson is involved. He has already survived attempts on his life in the so-called Drimnagh Feud.
Now a row over drugs takings has pitched him against the leader of the INLA.
The bombs discovery comes in the wake of the latest gangland murder on the other side of the city at the weekend, although there is no link.
Thirteen suspects were today still being questioned in connection with the feud-related murder of Anthony Russell in an Artane pub on Friday following a massive garda shakedown early yesterday.
In Tallaght, meanwhile, Army bomb experts were called in to deal with the haul of 20 bomb components discovered at the rear of the Cuckoo’s Nest pub, Greenhills Road.
INLA
Detectives suspect INLA involvement in connection with the find.
Officers pointed out that the bombs were of precisely the same type as those discovered on Captain’s Road, Crumlin, on March 16 last and again at Crumlin Park the following day.
The bombs, containing gun powder, screws and ball bearings, are designed to be placed underneath a car.
The INLA was linked to those attacks and is now thought to have made serious threats on the life of Thompson. The row centres on who gets what from the proceeds of drug deals.
Thompson is already involved in a separate feud with another gang – the so-called Drimnagh feud – which has led to 10 murders so far.
Gardai are very concerned at the level of activity of the INLA, particularly in west Dublin, thought to be led by a recently-released prisoner.
The group is known to hire its services out to the highest bidder and has become increasingly involved in overt criminal activity.
The group is also linked to drug dealing, in particular the supply of cocaine in the city centre.
“A lot of the cocaine in circulation in the centre, especially around Temple Bar, can be traced back to INLA operatives,” said one senior garda source today.
The maverick paramilitary group is already linked to wholesale drug dealing, racketeering and intimidation in parts of the city.
Fat Freddie meanwhile partied until the early hours last Friday to celebrate a young woman’s 21st birthday.
The party was held in an upmarket central Dublin hotel and attended by many of Freddie’s friends including Martin Foley.
In Tallaght, local TD Charlie O Connor said the community was deeply concerned by the bombs find.
SCHOOL
“I only heard about it last night, but anybody I was talking to is concerned. It’s not something you want to happen close to housing estates.
“There’s a few small businesses beside the pub, a travellers’ site, and the Cuckoo’s Nest is just across the green from Colaiste De hIde [all-Irish secondary school].
“It’s concerning to see this happen,” he said.
