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Updated at 9.05pm
GARDAÍ HAVE ISSUED a renewed appeal for information from the public regarding the shooting last night of Eddie Hutch Snr at 31 Poplar Row on Dublin’s northside.
The main information contained in the new appeal pertains to the vehicle used by the perpetrators after they had dumped their initial escape vehicle at St Patrick’s Parade in nearby Drumcondra.
Speaking at Store Street Garda Station this evening Assistant Commissioner Jack Nolan said that it is believed that after the initial escape vehicle (a silver 3 Series BMW) was dumped at that location, the four men involved in the shooting got into either a dark coloured Isuzu 4×4 or a Toyota Landcruiser and drove onto Lindsay Road in the direction of Glasnevin.
The BMW used in the initial escape is not a stolen vehicle, and this is another avenue of investigation according to Nolan. It is believed that it was abandoned because of the quick response of gardaí who were on the scene of the shooting within two minutes.
A small black car, possibly a Peugeot or a Renault, was also seen in the area of Poplar Row at the time of the shooting.
Nolan further added that of the four men present during the killing, two men fired shots from handguns. Eddie Hutch’s partner was present in the house at the time.
“The gardaí had no specific intelligence that Mr Hutch was at risk,” Nolan said.
He further appealed for anyone who may have sold fuel in a drinks type bottle (with a view to setting fire to a car) to contact the incident room at Mountjoy Garda Station on 01-666 8600, the Garda Confidential Line 1 800 666 111 or any Garda Station
Earlier
Earlier, the Garda Commissioner said members of her force cannot go to every single event in Dublin “just because criminals may be there”.
Speaking at a briefing this evening about the escalating feud between the Kinahan and Hutch gangs in Dublin, Nóirín O’Sullivan told reporters that gardaí are working with other international police organisations, including Spanish police, on an ongoing basis.
She said nothing was being ruled out of the investigation and theories of organised crime and terrorism are being examined.
Earlier, the Justice Minister promised that gardaí will be provided with every resource required to put an end to the gangland feud that has seen two men shot dead in four days.
The shooting of Hutch, brother of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch is believed to have been in retaliation for the killing of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel on Friday.
Eddie Hutch Senior, who was aged in his 50s, was shot dead at his home on Poplar Row in the North Strand area of Dublin’s northside, near Fairview, yesterday evening.
Four gunmen burst into his home and shot him up to six times before fleeing in a getaway car.
The minister told reporters she has now agreed with the Commissioner that a permanent armed response unit will be established in the Dublin area, separate from the Emergency Response Unit.
Temporary armed measures have been put in place for now and the intention is to make this a permanent initiative. The new unit will comprise 55 gardaí in total, the minister said.
Multiple rolling checkpoints and patrols will also be in place as gardaí try to prevent further deaths. This new package of measures will be supported by an initial allocation of an additional €5 million for the garda budget.
Speaking to reporters after her meeting with O’Sullivan and her senior staff, Frances Fitzgerald said she wanted to make it clear that “we will stand down this threat”.
When asked why gardaí had not been present in the area at the time of the shooting, the minister said there had been armed controls all over the city but that “these gangs are behaving in a ruthless manner”.
She did concede that a lack of investment in the force during the recession had impacted on policing.
Like every public service the numbers were reduced, Templemore was closed, investment stopped – there are consequences to that. There are consequences to the sort of economic collapse that we’ve seen.
Tit-for-tat
Michelle Hennessy / TwitterAt the scene of last night's shooting. All quiet on Poplar Row. pic.twitter.com/7vkfcqBMga
— Michelle Hennessy (@michellehtweet) February 9, 2016
Gardaí believe last night’s shooting may just be the beginning of a deadly tit-for-tat feud.
Garda sources have told TheJournal.ie that the shooting could spark the beginning of a “war” the likes of which “haven’t been seen before” between the Kinahan and Hutch gangs.
It is understood that the gunmen arrived at the scene in a Silver 3 Series BMW which was found abandoned on St Patricks Parade, Drumcondra a short time later.
Investigating gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have seen this car or anyone with information to contact the incident room at Mountjoy Garda Station on 01 666 8600, the Garda Confidential Line 1-800-666-111 or any Garda Station. They are due to give an update on the investigation in a briefing this evening.
Archbishop statement
The attack has been widely condemned by politicians and local community figures today.
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has once again condemned “the extraordinary examples of violence which have marked our city again in recent days”.
In a statement this morning he said violence “is to be condemned whatever its roots are”.
“Dismembering bodies as some sort of warning is not sign of prestige or power but of despicable inhumanity.
Premeditated shooting in public places even in the presence of terrified children and innocent bystanders only degrades the humanity of those who do it. They fail to see that such inhumanity inevitably rebounds on its own perpetrators and never leaves them with the security they seek.
He added:
“Is there anyone – even among their own ranks – who can speak to these cynical hearts?
“Are there some persons of wisdom – especially mothers and grandmothers who must fear that their children will be dragged even more deeply into this spiral – who see the madness of such violence and who can appeal to whatever humanity remains in the hearts of those involved?
Every victim is some mother’s son and someone’s loved one and is tragically mourned by a family.
Former Dublin lord mayor Christy Burke, who was at the scene last night, said this morning there was an atmosphere of ”numb and fear” in the aftermath of the shooting.
He said the community will stand up again but for the families there is only “misery, pain, sorrow and sadness”.
Speaking on Today with Sean O’Rourke, Burke suggested the Archbishop could act as a mediator in the gangland war.
The idea was put to Martin himself on the same programme later, with the Archbishop responding:
I will follow any advice that the Garda Síochána would give. I wouldn’t in any way carry out a parallel initiative. The Garda Síochána have the responsibility. They have also their own contacts.
Conflicting claims
Meanwhile there are conflicting claims regarding the involvement of the Continuity IRA in Friday’s Regency shooting.
In a statement to the BBC yesterday, a man claiming to speak on behalf of the dissident republican organisation said its members were responsible for the killing of Byrne, a known associate of the Kinahan crime gang.
However, in a later statement a spokesman for the paramilitary group said they “did not have any involvement in Friday’s shooting”.
With reporting from Michelle Hennessy, Daragh Brophy, and Cianan Brennan
Originally published 9.39am
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And employers should consider dropping said buzzwords from their job adverts!
Nowadays you need to spend as much time deciphering what they are looking for as you do looking at jobs. The other day I spotted a job that spent an entire paragraph trying to say that they were looking for a sales rep to manage accounts, look for new business and reach targets. What really caught me was about half way through the mindless twaddle was the line that went something like…
“You will be more of a hunter than a farmer”
One moment they are looking for a FMCG sales, rep the next they seemed to be discriminating against members of the agricultural community in favour of members of the bloodsports crowd. A bit of research later and this particular piece of business bull$hit was revealed to mean that while managing and maintaining a present customer base would be part of the job, your main focus would be seeking new business both through cross selling and new customer acquisition. Why not just say that FFS, I mean if you are a sales rep then that is your job no matter what business you are in.
Brian I like you would hate this kind of advertising speak in a job spec but the point of the whole thing might be to attract the kind of people that really buy into this kind of rhetoric and thereby putting a subliminal person spec in the advertisement. As it would infuriate me I would never consider applying for a job like that and the company is probably happy to avoid people that don’t fit their culture from applying.
And maybe stop asking people in interviews why they want to work in an office when they already know it’s for the money…
The worst are the ones who, rather than list their job title and company they work for, instead go for some existential explanation of how, while working in their depressing little cubical and counting the days to retirement, they are really changing the world.
You know the ones I mean
“-Don Smith-
Transforming the way clients engage with their customers one-to-one through unique visualization of significant future milestones.”
no Don – you’re a sales rep.
Oh no, Don isn’t a sales rep, Don is an Accounts Executive. Linda isn’t a secretary she’s a PA, it isn’t even a Personal Assistant any more. Maybe because Personal Assistant sounds a bit medical, like they help the boss go to the toilet and dress themselves…..actually quite a lot of PAs are only just short of doing that from what I’ve heard.
It’s Executive PA now.
‘Client Director’ is the latest one I’ve seen describing a sales rep.
The IT industry seems to be particularly bad for this sort of stuff.
People getting notions! The IT industry has to change every title, can’t be seen to be using boring old traditional commercial structures and titles, everyone is a coding rockstar or angular Dev guru. Some of the companies are almost like cults who try to absorb employees into their way of thinking and living. Ie solely in the building! Don’t go out for lunch we give you a free canteen. Think you might be too busy to get to the canteen? We’ll deliver to your desk! You are too busy aren’t you, you’d better eat at your desk. You’ve been to the canteen three days in a row, the staff know your order, they’ll deliver it to you, no worries, all part of being a valued member of our team, NOW DON’T LEAVE YOUR FU(K|NG DESK!
@bazhealy I avoid job roles with the word Rockstar or Guru. I am a Web Developer, but more recently they have branched it out to Frontend Developers and Backend Developers, so currently I’m a UI/UX Developer. Still means nothing to anyone.
I use Angular ;)
Who’s, what about being a “Ninja”? I see a lot of jobs nowadays for (programming/IT) Ninja’s. Does mean 4 years in a 3rd level institution and another 15-20 in Japan learning how to silently kill your opponents with a paper clip while debugging code?
@baz. I agree about IT companies. The real cringe-worthy ones are when they tell you that you will receive other benefits that make up for your lack of monetary reward such as being allowed to come to work in jeans, T-shirts and runners and being part of the XXXXX team, get free training inhouse (once heard a company describe themselves as a “university” for providing this nontransferable “training”). They also made a big deal out of the manager having breakfast with different groups of staff every Friday. Everyone paid for their own, needless to say. That foreign company now long gone and staff back on dole.
half of them wouldn’t cut. anyone can say anything. I’m aware of people changing their titles every 6 months and they NOT have those skills, more a rough idea, i know cos i know who they are. Or the other one under skills “getting back in touch” mwuahaha. they’re the worse communicators I’ve ever come across, get back in touch alright, if theres something in it for them, not a natural trait. theres options there for connecting with people, do not add people you don’t know but many famous people will accept, cos they don’t care, then many have it locked down and rightly so. “oh i have to reach 500+, i have to”, you’d think Facebook was bad. i think a brief intro is enough and apply with the full truth by email so they can check it.
omg bazhealy are you serious? thats like being in prison I guess its for some:( sadly
Linkedin seems to be the Facebook of the business world. People from all over the globe sending you “friend” requests just to bolster the amount of people in their “network”. Then they endorse your achievements hoping that you in turn will endorse them. It turns into a bit of a joke really because the whole thing is so fake.
I’d love to interview one of these people and pull a random name from their network list and ask them for example, what their relationship is with “Gunjar Singh” who is CEO of the Golden Dome Mobile Phone Store located on Baital Aman Jamemosjid Rd, Dhaka, Bangladesh? It’s just that Mr Singh endorsed your qualities of leadership, sales, marketing, passionate, enthusiastic, creative, team leader and so on and I was wondering how you came to meet or do business with this person seeing as how they gave you such glowing endorsements.
Then just sit back and watch them sweat.
exactly
What’s the deal with people referring to themselves in the third person on their linked in profile? “John is a highly motivated individual with proven track record of exceeding targets” and so on.. Are you schizophrenic?
Eventually there will be no men or women just w@nkers – Renton 1996
” if you’re trying to catch the eye of a would-be employer.” – Job-Bridge.
This is one site I never really got or understood. Anyone find it useful, genuinely useful? I’m self-employed so I’m assuming it’s not targeted at me? What’s the purpose of it?
Yup. Very. Work in London, easy to find jobs, get noticed, network and stay in touch professionally.
It’s like Facebook except people’s profile pictures are like a collection of adult communion photos and instead of posting dinner pics people share achievements of other people talking about how we can all achieve success through mindfulness using the cloud. You can see who stalks your profile which is nice.
Don’t forget the random pictures of Leonardo Di Capri in a suit, from Wolf of Wall St, accompanied by the inspirational quote about being successful in business.
They have changed my life!
Useful to have 500+ recruiters add you to try and badger you into this “perfect” role they have. I’ve gotten recruiters who in their haste to send a stock message, have neglected to actually read your profile and have sent a job the does not in anyway match your skillset. They essentially scan for a few acronyms to tick a box.
Going forward, I want you all to think outside the box.. then touch base.
Brendan i’m going to reach out to you in order to touch base going forward. Let’s get all our ducks in a row here and really brainstorm some blue sky thinking and see how much of our business we can move to the cloud.
Job advertisements use these terms all the bleeding time
LinkedIn works fine got my last 5 contracts through it.
Never accept a connection from a stranger will solve a lot of the issues people are complaining about.
It is the fact people treat it like Facebook that makes it useless to them.
LinkedIn is facebook/ social media for tossers
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