Watch: Mr Flashy embroiled in daylight street brawl in Finglas

A Garda spokesperson said they had no record of a criminal complaint in relation to the incident

• 05:00, 10 AUG 2022
• Updated07:43, 10 AUG 2022

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Finglas scrap Mr Flashy

Gang boss Mr Flashy was embroiled in a daylight street brawl with number of youths.

Footage, which emerged last night, shows Mr Flashy and two other pals armed with bicycle saddles and a pitchfork as they brawl with three other men in the street. The bizarre scrap is understood to have occurred in the Cardiff Bridge Road area of Finglas yesterday afternoon.

In the video, Mr Flashy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is seen topless and bracing for a fight with three other young men as shocked onlookers filmed the incident. The west Dublin gang boss, who was once a trusted member of the Kinahan cartel is then seen running towards his rivals and ending up in a brawl with one of them.

A young man is seen throwing several digs at Mr Flashy – who in turn is attempting to strike him back with what appears to be the saddle of a bicycle. As the taunts continue, Mr Flashy and his pals, one of whom is brandishing a pitchfork, are seen backing away.

Mr Flashy can then be heard saying: “Tell your boyfriend we’re on. We’re bulletproof. Your gaff is getting blazed.”

As he makes the threat both sides appear to move off from one another. Last night, a Garda spokesperson said they had no record of a criminal complaint in relation to the incident.

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However The Star understands the scrap stems from an ongoing dispute between Mr Flashy and associates of slain criminal Shane Fowler. It is also connected to an ongoing feud he has been embroiled in with young thugs in the area who recently attempted to have him shot dead in the back of a taxi.

That incident, which occurred in June, saw the mobster fleeing for his life after a gunman fired shots at him as he sat in the back of a taxi on the Tolka Valley Road. The young thugs are associates of slain gangster James Whelan – who was murdered by associates of Mr Flashy on April 3 of this year.

The brawl comes amid a spiralling feud between young up-and-coming thugs and Mr Flashy’s mob that has seen over 80 attacks so far including a number of beatings, shootings, a grenade attack and the murder of Whelan. Gardai have carried out successful operations against the men involved which has curbed violence at times but the determined criminals continue to plot attacks.

And it has seen innocent people targeted on both sides. Associates of Shane Fowler are also caught up in a feud with Mr Flashy which now goes back years.

Shane Fowler, 35, was killed in May of this 2018 in a horror motorcycle crash on Dundink Park in Finglas – and gardai believe he was on his way to carry out a hit on ‘Mr Flashy’ at the time.