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GERRY ‘The Monk’ Hutch made two trips to Northern Ireland with Jonathan Dowdall in the weeks after the killing of Kinahan cartel thug David Byrne
Jailed gangland enforcer Scott Capper is facing disciplinary proceedings in Mountjoy Prison after he became violent to officers following a prison booze up.
Crime Correspondent A gunman for the Kinahan organised crime group, who tried to murder a rival Hutch gang member almost three years ago, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Caolan Smyth, a father-of-three, from Cuileann Court, Donore in Co Meath shot James Gately five times on 10 May 2017. A second man, 53-year-old Gary McAreavey, of Gort Nua, Station Road, Castlebellingham, Co Louth, who is not in any criminal gang, helped burn out the getaway car. He was jailed today for three years. Smyth, 29, had Mr Gately under surveillance and followed him to the Topaz Petrol station near D...
Opened each listening cell, Each from his separate Hell." Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Prisoner number 74326 will have plenty of time over the Christmas and beyond in his "listening cell" in Portlaoise 'Gaol' to rue the mistakes he made in the USA in 2015 and 2016. He was to all intents and purposes clean away after committing one of the most shocking crimes in the history of the state. The prisoner’s fondness for drink however, and its ability to ‘loosen the tongue’ led to his arrest, extradition, conviction and a life sentence in circumstances that Oscar Wilde described as...