Hundereds of drug dealers have been moved out of Dublin city centre after a shoving match between rival garda districts on either side of the Liffey.
Extraordinary efforts are being devoted to pushing the dealers out of the city centre, particularly in the countdown to the St Patrick's celebrations this weekend.
Sources told the Sunday Independent that gardai in the capital carried out up to 30,000 stop-and-search operations against suspected drug users in the past year alone.
The northside C District began the push-me-pull-you match in January with the introduction of Operation Spire, aimed at steering street dealers away from O'Connell Street and surrounding shopping streets.
The area has never been as clear of street dealers, with compliments said to be flowing into the District HQ in Store Street from local traders.
Source: Jim Cusack, Irish Independent, 16/03/2014
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