Gardaí to implement security plan for Ryan funeral

Force criticised for no intervention at paramilitary show of strength at 2012 funeral

The burned out car at Victoria Bridge, Co Kildare, this morning which gardaí suspect was used as a getaway car in the shooting dead of Vincent Ryan on McKee Road, Finglas yesterday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

The burned out car at Victoria Bridge, Co Kildare, this morning which gardaí suspect was used as a getaway car in the shooting dead of Vincent Ryan on McKee Road, Finglas yesterday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

Gardaí are planning to implement a significant security operation for the funeral of dissident republican Vincent Ryan, who was murdered in Dublin on Monday.

The 25-year-old died in hospital after he was ambushed and shot several times as he sat in a car outside his partner’s home in Finglas. His brother, Alan Ryan, a significant figure in the Real IRA was shot dead in 2012.

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