Convicted drug dealer arrested over shooting linked to associates of mobster Brian Rattigan

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The 24-year-old criminal is being questioned over the gun attack at a south-inner city flat complex recently targeting junior associates of mobster Brian Rattigan
Associates of convicted killer Brian Rattigan are caught up in the feud
A convicted heroin dealer has been arrested over a shooting linked to a dangerous city feud.
The 24-year-old criminal is being questioned over the gun attack at a south-inner city flat complex recently targeting junior associates of mobster Brian Rattigan.
Detectives also suspect the reckless criminal was also planning more shootings as part of the feud after a car linked to the incident was recovered parked in a housing estate over the weekend.
Emergency services were alerted to the firearm discharge in Dolphins Barn on Monday of last week.
A number of rounds were discharged but no injuries were reported. It's believed two brothers, who are aged in their 20s and centrally involved in the feuding, were the targets of the attack.
They are considered young associates of convicted killer Brian Rattigan and have been involved in an escalating feud with a man from Drimnagh. It has seen shootings, assaults and petrol bomb attacks carried out over the past month.
One source told the Irish Independent: 'Significant investigations have been underway into these feud incidents and as a result this man was identified as a suspect in the latest shooting.
'He is closely associated with the Drimnagh man involved in the feud while innocent women linked to both men have also been targeted.
'Those close to him have been badly beaten and had their homes shot up so this is deeply personal for him.
'The concern is that the car used was stashed away for further incidents, so his arrest is a significant result for gardaí'.
The suspect in custody is well-known to gardaí and previously served a lengthy jail term after being caught with thousands of euro worth of heroin in the south of the country.
He is currently being held on suspicion of committing firearms offences and can be held for up to three days. It's been reported that a number of children were playing in the area at the time of the shooting but no injuries were reported.
The gunman fled in a car which was recovered by gardaí in Crumlin over the weekend and seized for forensic examination.
Associates of convicted killer Brian Rattigan are caught up in the feud
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The gun attack is seen as the first reprisal by associates of the young Drimnagh man who are feuding with the Rattigan associates.
Mob boss Rattigan, who is a convicted heroin dealer and killer, is not suspected of direct involvement in the feud although gardaí believe he has a major influence over the younger criminals involved.
Multiple serious incidents are being investigated as part of the feud including an arson attack on an innocent family's home.
In the early hours of May 21 reckless thugs petrol bombed the wrong house in Ballyfermot, killing a family dog and leaving a couple hospitalised.
Days earlier, the same gang orchestrated a series of coordinated petrol bomb attacks at houses in Drimnagh and Kildare.
A key target of the gang is a drug dealer aged in his 20s who was the victim of a violent assault on May 10.
The man was stabbed, slashed in the face and beaten with weapons on Victoria Quay in the south-inner city.
The man's partner was later warned that she would be burnt out of her apartment even though she has no involvement in the violence.
On May 25, a failed petrol bomb attack was carried out at this man's mother's home.
Just some 24 hours later the same woman was targeted after an apartment she'd moved to was shot up on the Long Mile Road.