Direct Action Against Drugs

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DAAD worked to stop the supply of illegal drugs in working class areas. Pictured are Ecstasy tablets.
DAAD worked to stop the supply of illegal drugs in working class areas. Pictured are Ecstasy tablets.

Direct Action Against Drugs was a vigilante group in Ireland has claimed responsibility for the killing of a number of drug dealers [1] selling mainly Ecstasy. It was alleged to be a front for the Provisional IRA. The organisation has also been active in working class neighbourhoods of Dublin. They have been instrumental in clearing less-well-off areas of Class A drug dealers. In these areas they are closely linked to the Sinn Féin activists in the area [2].

[edit] List of suspected DAAD killings 1995-1999

  • April 1995
    • Mickey Mooney - cannabis dealer killed in the 18 Steps bar in Belfast city centre.[3]
  • December 1995
    • Martin McCrory - small-time dealer killed at his home in Turf Lodge, west Belfast.[3]
    • Chris Johnston - 38-year-old killed at his home off the Ormeau Road in south Belfast.[3]
    • Francis Collins - a former member of the IRA, was killed at his chip shop in the New Lodge, north Belfast.[3]
    • Paul Devine - 35-year-old alleged drug dealer killed on the street in south Belfast.[3]
  • January 1996
    • Ian Lyons - died a day after being shot while sitting in a parked car in Lurgan.[4]
  • September 1996
    • Séan (John) Devlin - killed in Friendly Street in the Markets in south Belfast.[4]
  • February 1998
    • Brendan Campbell - a 30-year-old convicted drug dealer killed outside a restaurant in south Belfast.[5]
    • Robert Dougan - his killing the day after Campbell's death resulted in Provisional Sinn Féin being excluded from all party talks.[5]
  • June 1999
    • Paul Downey - a 37 year old suspected drug dealer from Newry in County Down was shot, allegedly by DAAD.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ DAAD on Geocities
  2. ^ Irish Republican Army (IRA)
  3. ^ a b c d e f CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1995, Accessed 2007-11-08
  4. ^ a b CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1996, Accessed 2007-11-08
  5. ^ a b CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1998, Accessed 2007-11-08
  6. ^ CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1999, Accessed 2007-11-08
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