Locals are living in fear in a ‘square mile of death’ says Councillor Nial Ring who represents the north Dublin inner city area which is under siege after another killing this week in the Hutch-Kinahan gangland war.

Councillor Ring was speaking on this week’s Floating Voter and he warned that unless an end is put to this feud, ‘these guys will have taken over the north inner city drugs and criminality within six months. This like a group trying to create a state within in a state and be immune to what they want to do.’

“Inner city drug dealing has taken a sinister turn with the Kinahans coming in. It’s an international criminality that we can’t grasp the size and significance of and that’s the scary thing. Enda Kenny has no concept of it – you’re going up against huge money, ruthlessness and brutality the likes of which we have never seen before.”