In recent years the funerals of young victims of gangland violence have been marked by different scenes including, at times, a celebration of their lifestyle
A convicted gang leader targeted in a major Garda operation has had €26,000 confiscated from him 14 years after using a digger to tear an ATM from the walls of a service station.
The Dublin criminal known as The Canary who died this week after being shot in June, was linked to at least one murder and involvement in a number of non-fatal gun attacks.