BOYLAND POINT..

Drogheda brothers left furious 'vow to keep flooding town with drugs | Deadly turf war saw four murders

- BY NICOLA DONNELLY

THE Boylan brothers named for the first time in court as alleged leaders of one of the two gangs involved in the dangerous Drogheda feud - will be fuming at their unmasking, sources have said.

Keith Boylan, 30, of Moneymore in Drogheda, Co Louth was named as "the head of the Boylan Organised Crime Group" by a Garda witness at a sentencing hearing at Dundalk Circuit Court on Wednesday of three female money launderers for the gang.

His younger brother Josh, 26, also of Moneymore, has been named "as second in command".

It was the first time the brothers have been publicly identified as the alleged gang leaders.

We also revealed exclusive images of the Boylan brothers, including some from their now-deleted social media accounts. Others show the brothers outside Drogheda District Court during the height of the deadly feud in 2019.

The Boylan group, also known as the AntiMaguire faction, has been at war with paralysed mob boss Owen Maguire and his associates since early 2017 when an initial drug trafficking gang split into two warring factions trying to control the illegal drug trade in Drogheda.

Sources have now revealed the naming publicly of the Boylan brothers "won't stop them in their tracks with their drug supplies to the town" - but "they will be fuming at their unmasking".

"They managed to stay unnamed for over seven years since the feud started but I would imagine they are fuming now," a source told this paper.

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The brothers, sources say, will find it harder to secure drug mules to import drugs on their behalf to the town.