It has been evident for the past two years just how deadly the ongoing feud between two Dublin criminal gangs has been. Eighteen people have so far been shot dead. Some of the killers have been convicted and jailed for life. Other suspects for various feud-related crimes are before the courts. Gardaí have saved the lives of over 50 people by stopping and arresting hitmen with loaded guns on their way to shoot people, but still the feud shows no sign of abating..

The Hutch-Kinahan feud dramatically escalated in February 2016 when David Byrne was shot dead in the Regency Hotel. David was a senior figure in the "Byrne Organised Crime Group" which is in reality the Dublin branch of the "Kinahan Organised Crime Group" one of the wealthiest and most dangerous criminal organisations in the world.