The gang, formed in Texas in , is considered by U. Sign up today to get daily, up-to-date news and views from Irish America. Members in the United States have been linked to a string of crimes since their establishment and they have been involved in a number of feuds with other bike gangs in the past that have led to deaths. High profile members of the biker gang from across Europe travelled to Limerick for the event with law enforcement officials also travelling from Belgium to liaise with the Garda Siochana.
Limerick has been viewed as a relative hotbed of Irish crime in the last decade with a number of large drug dealing families turning the city into a war zone. Keep up to date with the latest news with The Irish Echo. Despite the strong international profile of the Bandidos, it is seen as unlikely that they will challenge established crime gangs in the city. How they will coexist with the Hells Angels, long established in Ireland, remains to be seen, however.
The Bandidos members have established a clubhouse in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Limerick. Representatives Gregory W. Keating, Chair of the Europe, Energy, the Environment an Sunday, November 14th, Place a Classified Ad. The main goal is to use proceeds of crime legislation to seize the compound and dismantle it. Such a move would be welcomed by locals.
Local representatives have already tried, without success, to do something about the compound which sits behind a derelict house on a quiet side road in the Dublin suburb. Two years ago, councillor Pat Dunne asked Dublin City Council to examine whether it adhered to planning regulations, particularly the hoarding which surrounds it. Seizing the compound may be easier said than done, not least because it is not clear who its owners are.
The compound does not appear to have a mortgage registered against it and the most recent land registry documents date from They assign ownership to a woman who, according to sources, has since died and never had any connection to crime or motorcycle clubs. Dunne is adamant that if the premises is seized, the proceeds should go back into the local community. Several properties around Windmill Road connected to the Byrne gang have been seized by the Cab in recent years with the proceeds going into the State coffers.
There is currently no provision for proceeds of crime seized by the Cab to be reinvested back into the local community, something Dunne says must change. In recent years he and others have been trying to get funding for the public swimming pool 10 doors up on Windmill Road to open for more than one day a week. Could that money not be brought back into the area so we could have something like proper swimming hours?
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