Homeless charity boss Fr Peter McVerry has revealed how drug dealers are taking over properties in the capital with victims left feeling “trapped and powerless”.
Gangsters threaten and target people as they control homes owned by Dublin City Council to store and sell their dodgy gear. Fr McVerry says that the death of Tony Dempsey last week at a flat in Dublin managed by his charity was the first such case they had come across relating to their services.
But he said he is aware of other cases in both Ballymun and Tallaght. Fr McVerry told Dublin Live: “They’re usually local authority tenants living on their own who are being threatened.
