Former Sunday Life journalist Stephen Breen has co-written a new book on the notorious Dublin crime family. Here he outlines how the cartel took out their northern rivals Left: Former Real IRA leader Alan Ryan; Top left and right: a gunman opening fire on innocent people outside the Players Lounge pub in 2010; bottom left: a gun used in the murder of Daithi Douglas; bottom right: the mask used by the killers of Michael Barr When Real IRA leader Alan ‘The Playboy’ Ryan was murdered in September 2012, Co Tyrone man Michael Barr was tasked with “restructuring” the paramilitary organisation in Dublin. At the time, Ryan’s killing by a hitman working for the godfather known as ‘Mr Big’ was seen as a “game changer” by the Gardai.
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