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About Martin Foley
- Martin "The Viper" Foley (born 24 November 1952) is a well-known Irish criminal.
- He rose from a street drug dealer to become an associate of Martin Cahill.
- Foley has 40 convictions, and is considered a key figure in the McCormack-Foley crime family from Crumlin, Dublin.
- He has had several attempts on his life including being shot on five different occasions, most recently on 26 January 2008.
- Foley was shot a number of times outside the Carlisle gym on Kimmage Road West, South Dublin.
- The men behind the attack were involved in a separate gun feud, which has since run its course because the main players are all either dead or in prison.
- Foley has kept a lower profile since then.A well known Dublin gangland criminal, Foley's first conviction was in 1968.
- Since then he has been a member of Martin Cahill's criminal gang, and jailed for numerous offences including breaking a police officer's jaw.An attack on 26 January 2008 was the fourth time Foley has been shot; in 1995 outside Fatima Mansions, in 1996 by the convicted murderer Brian Meehan, and in 2000 as he left a swimming pool in Terenure.
- This shooting is believed to be linked to the Crumlin-Drimnagh feud, with Foley aligned to one of the feuding gangs.
- He was also abducted by the Provisional IRA in 1984, but escaped following a shoot-out in Phoenix Park between the kidnappers and GardaÃ.
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