This episode was put together by presenter Nicky Ryan, producer Aoife Barry, and executive producer Christine Bohan. Locals are becoming increasingly fed up of the feud, and efforts are now underway to bring it to an end. This has been a third attempt by French authorities to extradite... A COVID-19 envoy appointed by Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has appealed to world leaders to stop resorting to lockdown to control the pandemic. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie. The situation in Coolock is, in the words of one Garda source, “extremely dynamic”. ON THIS DAY last year, Owen Maguire was shot four times in Drogheda, Co Louth. Maureen Dowd: Is it finally sinking in to Trump that he’s losing? To put it another way, it is a massively complicated web of violent criminals which has links to separate – but related – gang violence in Finglas and Drogheda. This week, our reader has moved home to his parent’s house since Covid-19 hit and he’s finding he saves a lot more money. Possibly the most likely motive is Boylan’s friendship with Zach Parker, a mid-level Coolock drug dealer who was shot dead in Swords in January. A fourth has been hospitalised for treatment. An ‘extremely volatile’ 27-year-old criminal is believed to be behind the latest gang murder. By November the situation began to boil over with a range violent attacks taking place. Unlike in the Hutch-Kinahan feud, the motivations for the Coolock murders are not immediately obvious, even to experienced detectives. Boylan was well known to gardai and had been arrested over an attempted murder when he was just a teen. 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TheJournal.ie | Sites: All indications suggested 22-year-old postman Eoin Boylan, known to his friends as “Fishy”, was murdered as part of a gangland feud among drug dealers in the north Dublin suburb of Coolock. A ‘crazed’ criminal deeply entrenched in the Coolock feud has emerged as the chief suspect for a gangland murder on Sunday. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy. Adverts.ie | There are about half a dozen possible explanations for the murder of Boylan, a street-level cocaine dealer. One fraction led by two brothers in their 20s from the Moneymore estate on the north side of town and the other led by traveller boss Owen Maguire leader of the Maguire gang based on the cement road. Daft.ie, The Explainer: What's behind the Drogheda feud? 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Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. It is suspected the Iranian was shot by Little’s associates, who believed he may have been involved in his murder. Money Diaries: A 24-year-old management consultant on €32K in Dublin. While Boylan is not believed to have been ‘directly involved’ in the murder of Little, his ‘drug-dealing operation’ expanded massively following his demise. Design by Palash Somani. US President Donald Trump is reported to have planned to rip open his shirt to reveal a Superman t-shirt when leaving hospital recently. Comments, Create an email alert based on the current article, Personalise your news feed by choosing your favourite topics of interest. Sunday evening’s murder is the fifth in the ongoing Coolock feud. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic. He was shot up to nine times, including at least once to the head. Another possibility is that Boylan was killed as part of a feud between Little’s associates and two brothers from Coolock who are heavily involved in the drug trade. Because Boylan was close friends with three of the murdered men and was known to Sanambar, the Garda investigation will examine if the deaths are linked. Gardaí believe Parker was targeted because he owed money for a €50,000 consignment of drugs which had gone missing. The next day, another associate of Parker’s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was shot dead in north Dublin. Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy, By November the situation began to boil over, Opinion: Government must learn the lessons of the Leaving Cert calculated grades debacle. The fluid nature of the allegiances in Coolock represents a particular challenge for gardaí. Find a full list of where the podcast is available here. These drugs had been supplied by an emerging Finglas-based gang which acts as one of the main Dublin distributors for the Kinahan cartel. Extra.ie understands that a close relative of this suspect previously attempted to murder Boylan. Most of those involved are young men who take a lot of cocaine. Boylan also posted an ‘insensitive’ remark on social media following the murder of drug-dealer Little. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, The latest Irish and international sports news for readers and members, A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see, This is YOUR comments community. The Explainer is a weekly podcast from TheJournal.ie that takes a deeper look at one big news story you need to know about. This is seen as the start of a feud between two gangs in the town. This is said to have ‘enraged’ Little’s friends and criminal associates. Dr David Nabarro, who has... A nationwide survey has revealed the fewest number of 'clean' towns since 2007, as the pandemic is leading to more rubbish. It comes following news of an outbreak at the Kilminchy Lodge Nursing Home. Sources say Boylan had been under threat from close associates of Sean Little, also 22, the second victim in the escalating feud, who was gunned down in May. To embed this post, copy the code below on your site, 600px wide Fora | , 400px wide , 300px wide Noteworthy | CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. This means tempers can be quick to flare and the preferred method of conflict resolution is frequently a bullet. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Eoin Boylan, a 22-year-old criminal, was shot dead in the front garden of his home at Clonshaugh Avenue, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17, by a gunman who had been lying in wait for him. Four people have been killed as a result of the feud. Eoin Boylan, a 22-year-old criminal, was shot dead in the front garden of his home at Clonshaugh Avenue, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17, by a gunman who had been lying in wait for him. Gardaí have stepped up armed patrols, and the town is eager to make next month’s Fleadh Cheoil pass without a hitch. Aside from the murders of five men, there has also been a spate of drive-by shootings and petrol bombings in the Coolock area this year.