The New IRA has sanctioned a “devastating and spectacular” revenge attack following the brutal shooting of a dissident republican.
Michael Barr was gunned down by a lone hitman in a bar in the centre of Dublin on Monday night.
The 34-year-old was shot three times, at least once in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cops are now probing whether the shooting was part of a deadly gangland war between the Kinahan and Hutch families.
It is thought Barr may have been a weapons supplier to the Hutch mob.
Sources say the execution of Barr – a leading member of the IRA – has drawn rage from the paramilitary force.
A high-level summit took place yesterday in Northern Ireland, where the IRA commanders approved a plan to hit back against the Kinahan drug kingpins in a “definitive” attack.
Highest-level security sources North and South of the Border have been made aware of the threat amid fears of a further escalation of the gangland terror that has so far cost six lives.
A source said: “It’s feared this will be a devastating and spectacular attack.”
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