Dublin Gangland Killings

Paul 'Farmer' Martin (39), from Finglas, was shot dead as he sat drinking in the Jolly Toper pub in Finglas. A convicted armed robber and drug dealer, he was an associate of crime boss Martin 'Marlo' Hyland. Gardaí are investigating a number of avenues for his gangland assassination - August 2008

Trevor Walsh (33) was shot four times in the garden of a house in Finglas, north Dublin. He had been released from Mountjoy only the day before his killing and had spent the evening out drinking with friends - July 2008

Convicted drug dealer Anthony Foster (34) was shot dead outside his north Dublin home in Coolock. Gardaí believe he was killed because of a row with a drug trafficking gang - July 2008

Anthony Russell (30), a convicted drug dealer and armed robber, was murdered in an execution-type gangland killing as he drank with friends in the Ardlea Inn, Artane, Dublin - April 2008

Richard McCormack (29), Ronanstown, Dublin, is shot dead outside his brother's home, also in Ronanstown. A drug dealer, gardaí believe his killing was in revenge for a fatal shooting 12 months ago for which he was a suspect - March 2008

John Berney, a 29-year-old father of four, is shot dead at his home in Castlelyon Drive, Newcastle, west Dublin. A known drug dealer, gardaí believe his killing was drug related - March 2008

Darren Guerrine (21), Bluebell, Dublin 12, is fatally shot in the head on the banks of the Grand Canal close to his home. A minor criminal and joyrider, the motive for his killing is unclear although drugs links are suspected - Feb 2008

Sean McMahon (35) was shot in the head as he slept in his home in Tallaght. Gangland - Nov 2007

Armed robber and gangland figure John Daly (27) shot dead as he sat in a taxi with six other people. No conviction - Oct 2007

Traveller Eddie Ward (24), murdered as he worked at Brian Downes's garage in Walkinstown, south Dublin. He was not the intended target. No conviction - Oct 2007

Gangland "fixer" Brian Downes (40), shot dead at his garage in Walkinstown, south Dublin. No conviction - Oct 2007

Small-time criminal Derek Duffy (37) shot five times in the head as he sat in a car in Finglas. No conviction - Sep 2007

Kevin Ledwidge (28) shot dead at his family home on Ratoath Drive, Finglas, Dublin . Linked to a personal feud with local criminals. Gangland - Jul 2007

Gangland figure Robbie O'Hanlon (25) gunned down as he played a football match in Clondalkin. No conviction - Mar 2007

Settled Traveller Thomas McDonagh (28), shot dead by a lone gunman outside his house in Clondalkin. His murder was drug-related. No conviction - Feb 2007

25-year-old Ian Tobin shot dead at a house party in Blanchardstown. It is thought the killing was a case of mistaken identity. Man before courts charged with murder. No conviction - May 2007

Paul Kelly (26), a petty criminal from Gardiner Street, Dublin, shot dead at his sister's apartment in Clontarf - Apr 2007

Damian Dowdall (22), shot dead in his girlfriend's house in Clondalkin. A south Dublin drug dealer is the prime suspect. No conviction - Jan 2007

Stephen Ledden (28), shot at a flat in Oriel Street in Dublin's north inner city. He was not the intended target. No conviction - Dec 2006

Gerard Byrne (25), shot five times in the head at the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin. Killed as part of a dispute between two families. No conviction - Dec 2006

Apprentice plumber Anthony Campbell (20), shot dead as he worked on a radiator in the home of Marlo Hyland's sister. He was totally innocent. No conviction - Dec 2006

Drug lord Martin 'Marlo' Hyland (39), executed as he slept at his sister's house in Scribblestown Park, Finglas. No conviction - Dec 2006

Gary Bryan (31), shot dead by a gunman outside his girlfriend's house in Walkinstown. Murder linked to ongoing Crumlin/Drimnagh feud - Sep 2006

Wayne Zambra (21), executed in Dublin's south city-centre. His murder is linked to the Crumlin/Drimnagh drugs feud - Aug 2006

Criminal James Purdue (22), shot dead outside his home in Donaghmede, north Dublin. No conviction - Jun 2006

Keith Fitzsimmons (23), shot dead while with a group of friends in Coolock, north Dublin. Not believed to have been the intended target. No conviction - Jun 2006

Gangland fence Patrick Harte (42), shot dead in Raheny after a row with a major drug dealer. No conviction - May 2006

Lee Kinsella (30), shot dead at his home in Finglas. He was murdered as a result of a long-running feud. No conviction - May 2006

Drug dealer Shay Bradley (27), found shot dead in land at Blackhorse Avenue near Cabra. No conviction. CONDALKIN GANG - Mar 2006

Darragh McCormack (22), shot in the back in Blanchardstown after row with criminal associates. No conviction - Feb 2006

Noel Roche (27), the brother of murdered John Roche, was executed on the Clontarf Road as he drove home from a Phil Collins concert. His murder linked to Crumlin/Drimnagh feud. No conviction - Nov 2005

Darren Geoghegan (26), shot dead a he sat in a car at a housing estate in Firhouse, near Tallaght. His murder linked to Crumlin/Drimnagh feud. No conviction. - Nov 2005

Gavin Byrne (30), shot dead as he sat in a car at a housing estate in Firhouse, near Tallaght. His murder linked to Crumlin/Drimnagh feud. No conviction - Nov 2005

Drug dealer Mark Glennon (32), murdered in the driveway of his home in Blanchardstown by a rival gang. No conviction - Sep 2005

Gang member Andrew Dillon (28), found shot dead in a ditch in Finglas. No conviction - Aug 2005

Anthony Creed (36), shot dead at his home in Clondalkin. He was associated with drug dealers. No conviction - May 2005

Martin Kenny (22), shot dead at his girlfriend's home in Ballyfermot. It is suspected he was killed after agreeing to store drugs for a major dealer. No conviction - May 2005

Notorious drug dealer Andrew 'Madser' Glennon (30), shot dead in Blanchardstown after going to meet associates. No conviction - Apr 2005

Mark Byrne (31), shot down just minutes after being released from Mountjoy Prison. He was killed over a personal grudge. No conviction - May 2005

Terence Dunleavy (27), shot in the head at Croke Villas, Ballybough. His murder also linked to Crumlin/ Drimnagh feud. No conviction - Apr 2005

Champion kickboxer Jimmy Curran (42), shot dead as he drank in the Green Lizard pub in Dublin's south inner city. Bernard Dempsey serving life sentence - Apr 2005

John Roche (24), shot dead outside his apartment in Kilmainham. His murder is linked to the feud between two Crumlin/Drimnagh drugs gangs. No conviction - Mar 2005

Paul Cunningham (23), shot dead in his mother's home in Blanchardstown as part of a gangland feud. No conviction - Nov 2004

Jonathan O'Reilly (24), shot dead outside Cloverhill Prison in a gangland attack. Thomas Hinchon and Brian Kenny serving life sentence for murder - Apr 2004

Brendan Cox (40), murdered in a gangland assassination in Ballyfermot, south Dublin. No conviction - Mar 2004

Paul Warren (23), shot dead in the toilet of a pub in Newmarket Square in Dublin's city centre. Murder linked to Crumlin feud. No conviction - Feb 2004

Kenneth Byrne (30), shot dead gangland-style in Dolphin's Barn. He was a convicted armed robber. No conviction - Feb 2004

Jason Tolan (24), died after being shot in the leg in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15. He was an associate of the Westies gang. Thomas Murphy serving eight-year sentence for manslaughter - Nov 2003

Peter Sheridan (27), was shot three times and dumped in a field at Scribblestown Lane near Finglas. He was murdered by a drug dealer. No conviction - Oct 2003

Bernard Sugg (23), a leading member of the infamous 'Westies' criminal gang, shot dead as he drank in the Brookwood Inn, Corduff. No conviction - Aug 2003

David McGuinness (35), was shot three times after he opened the front door of his home in Tallaght. He was not a major gangland figure. No conviction - Jul 2003

Willie O'Regan (34), shot dead at his house in Cabra. He was a well-known criminal. No conviction - Jul 2003

INLA member Ronald Draper (25), shot dead as he worked as a doorman at Charlie P's pub in Eden Quay, Dublin. No conviction - Jul 2003

Michael Scott (25), shot dead when two men burst into his flat in Ballymun, north Dublin. His death is linked to a personal dispute. No conviction - Apr 2003

Declan Grif"n (32), murdered by a hitman as he drank at a pub in Kilmainham. No conviction - Apr 2003

Thomas Canavan (36), shot dead as he drank in Cleary's pub on Sarsfield Road, Inchicore. He was killed as part of a personal dispute. No conviction - Aug 2003

Charles Merriman (26), found close to Dublin Airport after being shot once in the back of the head execution-style. No conviction - Mar 2003

Raymond Salinger (40), died after a gangland attack while he sat drinking with friends in a pub on New Street, in Dublin's south city centre. No conviction - Jan 2003

Taxi driver and crime figure Niall Mulvihill (57), shot dead in central Dublin as he drove his car. No conviction - Jan 2003

Chen Li Ming (22) died after he was subjected to a brutal assault by a Triad gang in Crumlin, south Dublin. No conviction

Qiu Hong Xiang (19) stabbed to death with meat cleavers in a Triad gang attack. No conviction.

Stephen Byrne (39), from Inchicore shot and dumped in a forest near Tallaght in a gangland murder - Nov 2002

Joseph Rattigan (18), murdered outside his home in Crumlin as part of local drug feud. No conviction - Jul 2002

Stephen O'Hara (24), shot dead by a local drug dealer in Clonsilla, west Dublin. No conviction - Jun 2002

Derek Lodge (26), shot outside his parents house in Crumlin. His murder part of a drugs feud between two local gangs. No conviction - May 2002

Gangland figure Maurice 'Bo Bo' Ward (56), shot dead at his home in Ronanstown, west Dublin. No conviction - Apr 2002

David McGreevey (23), shot dead outside his home in Tallaght over a drugs dispute. No conviction - Feb 2002

Joseph Cummins (48), shot three times in Tallaght as part of a personal dispute. Shay Wildes serving life sentence - Dec 2001

Simon Doyle (22), shot dead outside his home in Clondalkin as part of a drugs dispute. No conviction - Dec 2001

Gerard Fitzgerald (48), shot dead in Finglas by a north Dublin criminal gang. No conviction - Nov 2001

Drimnagh man Declan Gavin (20) stabbed to death outside a fast-food outlet. A man is awaiting trial for his murder - Aug 2001

Francis Fitzgerald (26), shot dead through the bedroom window of his home in Cabra by Dublin criminal gang. No conviction - Nov 2000

Drug dealer Derek Benson (33), shot dead in Ballymun as part of a feud. Jacqueline Noble and Paul Hopkins serving life sentences - May 2000

Patrick Neville (31), shot dead in Inchicore as part of an INLA feud. No conviction - Apr 2000

Joseph Foran (38), shot dead in Finglas in a gangland killing. No conviction - Feb 2000

Patrick Campbell (22) died after being stabbed to death following a row between the INLA and a Dublin drug dealer at a warehouse in the Ballymount Industrial Estate in West Dublin. No conviction - Oct 1999

Kevin Fennell (23), shot dead at his home in Tallaght as a result of a personal dispute. No conviction - Jun 1999

Martin Comerford (36), from Ranelagh was shot dead hours before he was due to stand trial for a murder in 1997. Paul McCarthy serving life sentence - Apr 1999

Thomas Reilly (35), shot dead in the car park of Premier Dairies in Rathfarnham, where he worked. Gangrelated. No conviction - Mar 1999

John Dillon (35), shot dead outside his Finglas home in a gangland killing. No conviction - Jan 1999

Drug dealer Paschal Boland (43), murdered outside his home in Blanchardstown. No conviction - Jan 1999

Sean Cloherty (27) is the latest gangland victim to lose his life. The drug dealer was shot dead at his home on 25 November while his baby daughter slept upstairs. Cloherty had built up a sizeable number of enemies because of his involvement in the drugs trade. He was shot five times with a handgun in the neck and upper body at his home in Ashcroft Grove in Blakestown, west Dublin - Nov 2008

A DRUGS LORD lay dead and two more men clung to life by a thread in one of the bloodiest nights in Dublin gangland.
Heroin trafficker Michael 'Roly' Cronin (pictured left) was ambushed in central Dublin last night by a pal.
While Roly sat in the front seat of a Volvo chatting, the friend pulled a semi automatic handgun and shot him in the back of the head. The second man shot in the incident, James Moloney, from Poppintree in Ballymun, died yesterday afternoon from his injuries- Jan 2009

THE latest victim of Dublin's gangland was quizzed before his death over a pal's murder.
Detectives detained Michael Hendrick (36) on suspicion of withholding information on the murder of Chris- topher 'Git' McDonagh, who was shot dead in Ronanstown - Feb 2009

Dublin's gangland is braced for further bloodshed after the murder of a major drug dealer in a city pub.
‘Champagne’ Johnny Carroll (33) was gunned down as he drank in Grumpy Jack’s pub in the Coombe at 9.35pm last night. He was hit by up to six rounds from a 9mm handgun by a masked gunman who strolled into the bar and singled him out. - Feb 2009

Charlie Flanagan TD, Fine Gael's justice spokesman, accused the government of allowing criminals to wipe each other out. The murder of 27-year-old Shay O'Byrne in Tallaght on Friday night, believed to be linked to a feud between rival drugs gangs, is the eighth gangland killing in Dublin so far this year. - Mar 2009