Derek Dunne

Derek "Maradonna" Dunne was a former League of Ireland soccer player turned drug dealer.

Early life He grew up in Grenville Street, off Hill Street on the northside of Dublin in an area badly affected by heroin addiction. The Dutchman was an associate of Dunne's who was forced to help the Englishman and a Yugoslav find Dunne's home. Dunne had been approached for debts because three English associates of Dunne owed debts to the Yugoslav and Dunne was asked to honour the debt. Dunne had reacted angrily to their arrival, ordered them to leave and a gun battle broke out.