An independent Councillor for Dublin City has said he has been approached for help by an individual who has been told that their life is in danger.

Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Nial Ring said the individual received a letter from gardaí to say there is a credible threat to their life.

Cllr Ring previously said that Gareth Hutch had told him he was afraid for his own safety and that of his son.

Mr Hutch was shot dead outside an apartment complex on North Cumberland Street on Tuesday.

He is believed to be the seventh victim of an ongoing feud between two criminal gangs.

Six of the victims have been killed in the greater Dublin area in the past four months.

Cllr Ring said more needed to be done and called for action on a national and international level to deal with ongoing gang crime and violence in the area.

He described an expected visit of Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the north inner city as "optics", and said that people living there need to be given help and some sense of hope.

Meanwhile, a Fine Gael Councillor for Dublin City has said he has called a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee for his area to ascertain whether there are any further measures needed to tackle gang crime.

Speaking on the same programme, Ray McAdam said they would also look at what gaps exist within the social infrastructure in the city and how best to address them.

Cllr McAdam said it was not a question of a lack of resources for An Garda Síochána, but said the aim of the meeting was to follow up on measures that gardaí said would be needed for the area, such as extra patrols around schools and longer armed patrols for the area.

He said that at a previous meeting in April, the Chief Superintendent for the area indicated there was a number of specific measures he was going to take.

Cllr McAdam also called for the Government and all parties in the Dáil to legislate for the Misuse of Drugs Bill 2016 to prevent the illegal sale of prescription drugs.

He said combating this problem was a big issue in the north inner city and stressed the current difficulties in prosecuting repeat offenders.

He said he has told Minister for Health Simon Harris of the urgency needed in bringing forward this legislation.

DCC Policing Committee meeting over violence

A special meeting of Dublin City Council's Policing Committee is taking place to discuss the violence that has gripped the north inner city.

Head of the Dublin North Central Garda division, Chief Superintendent Pat Leahy, is among those in attendance.

A number of local TDs, including Minister Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe, Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald and independent Maureen O'Sullivan, are also at the meeting.

Chief Supt Leahy told the committee that he is confident these crimes will be solved and those responsible will be brought to justice "sooner rather than later".

Questioned about garda resources by Cllr McAdam, Chief Supt Leahy, the Chair of the Policing Committee,  said he has all the support he needs for these investigations.

He said there were no money issues and he has been told that "whatever it takes financially, do it".

However, he said he would take back 130 gardaí lost in the division "in the blink of the eye".

Chief Supt Leahy also said he does not like to see armed checkpoints in the north inner city but "unfortunately" that is what required.

He said gardaí are willing to put themselves in harm’s way to protect this community.

They are working long hours and coming in on their days off because he said "they have skin in the game".