In the late Seventies and early Eighties, in recession-blighted Dublin, one family made millions. By flooding their own community with heroin, brothers from the Dunne crime family exploited the hardship in the city to rack up huge wealth while countless lives were ruined by pitiless addiction. Those who came close to exposing a clan so emboldened by police inaction they walked Ireland’s historic streets like rock stars were summarily murdered. Christy Dunne Jnr, interviewed for Sky’s new three-part docu-series, Dublin Narcos, displays no remorse when asked if it’s true that he once punched a judge in court.
He laughs: “Yeah, I hit him right in the jaw and knocked him off the fucking bench.”
