Ireland Armed robber surrenders in Crumlin shooting feud
Several shots were fired at a house in Crumlin, South Dublin, just after midnight on 17 February 2022, with nobody injured. A convicted drug dealer was blamed for a series of petrol bomb and arson attacks in central Dublin in the days following the shooting, escalating a feud with a notorious armed robber linked to the Daniel Kinahan drugs cartel. Graham Whelan, 39, a senior Kinahan mobster serving a three-year sentence for money laundering, is suspected of intervening from prison to end the dispute in his native Crumlin. The armed robber was questioned for several days about the shooting but was not charged, and then handed himself in and was locked up on outstanding warrants.
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Several shots were fired at a house in Crumlin just after midnight on 17 February 2022, with nobody injured.
- A convicted drug dealer was blamed for a series of petrol bomb and arson attacks in central Dublin in the days following the shooting.
- The feud was between a convicted drug dealer and a notorious armed robber linked to the Daniel Kinahan drugs cartel.
- Where
- The feud took place in Crumlin, South Dublin, the native area of Graham Whelan.
- Investigation
- The ERU raided a property in South Dublin in the hunt for the armed robber.
- The armed robber was questioned for several days about the shooting but was not charged.
- In court
- The armed robber was taken into custody on outstanding warrants and locked up.
- Other details
- Graham Whelan, 39, serving a three-year sentence for money laundering in a supermax prison, is suspected of intervening from prison to end the feud.
- Extra Garda patrols were deployed to Crumlin and south inner city Dublin to deal with rising tensions.
- The armed robber is linked to the drugs cartel led by Daniel Kinahan, 44.
11 statements extracted from the articles
- whatSeveral shots were fired at a house in Crumlin just after midnight on Thursday (irishmirror.ie)
- whatNobody was injured in the shooting attack (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe drug dealer was blamed for a series of petrol bomb and arson attacks in central Dublin in the days following the shooting (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe ERU raided a property in South Dublin in the hunt for the armed robber (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe armed robber was questioned for several days about the shooting but was not charged (irishmirror.ie)
- whatGardaí then took the armed robber into custody on outstanding warrants and he was locked up (irishmirror.ie)
- whatExtra Garda patrols were deployed to Crumlin and south inner city Dublin to deal with rising tensions (irishmirror.ie)
- whatWhelan is suspected of calling for the feud between the drug dealer and the armed robber to come to an end (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe feud is in Crumlin, South Dublin, which is Whelan's native area and powerbase (irishmirror.ie)
- otherWhelan is a pal of MMA star Conor McGregor (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe armed robber is linked to the drugs cartel led by Daniel Kinahan, 44 (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 22 Feb2022Man hands himself into gardai after Kinahan mobster calms feud from behind bars
Reports that Graham Whelan intervened from prison to end the Crumlin feud, leading the armed robber to surrender; he was questioned about the shooting but not charged, then locked up on outstanding warrants.
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