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    UK and Ireland Gangs/Firms

    The 10 men killed in the Kinahan-Hutch feud

    The murder of Trevor O’Neill comes almost a year after the first killing in Spain

    The murder of Dubliner Trevor O’Neill in a case of mistaken identity in Majorca brings to 10 the number of victims of the feud between the Hutch and Kinahan gangs since last September.

    The other victims, and the dates and locations of their killings, were:

    Gary Hutch

    September 24th, 2015, Spain

    Gary Hutch (34) was gunned down beside a swimming pool in a communal area of the Angel de Miraflores apartments complex, near Marbella on the Costa del Sol on the morning of Thursday, September 24th, 2015.

    A drug dealer and armed robber, he was an associate of the Kinahan gang but they believed, apparently incorrectly, that he was a Garda informer and decided to kill him.

    Garda sources said that Gary Hutch was also suspected of plotting to shoot dead a leading member of the Kinahan gang. Initially after negotiations between the Kinahan gang and members of the Hutch family back in Dublin, it was agreed that Gary Hutch would not be harmed.

    Darren Kearns

    December 30th, 2015, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin

    Darren Kearns (34), had just left the Phoenix Chinese restaurant above Cumiskey’s pub on Blackhorse Avenue, close to the Cabra Gate of the Phoenix Park, at about 5.40pm on Wednesday, December 30th, when he was shot dead as his wife looked on.

    Kearns was a convicted drug dealer who spent time in prison. It appears the Kinahan gang mistakenly believed he and David Douglas (54) were involved in a botched plan to shoot a member of the gang at a west Dublin pub last November.

    David Byrne

    February 5th, 2016, Regency Hotel, Dublin

    David Byrne, a 34-year-old father-of-two from Crumlin, was a member of the international drugs gang led by Christy Kinahan. He was killed when he and a group of men aligned to that gang were attacked by five gunmen at a boxing tournament weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Drumcondra, Dublin.

    He had escaped serious conviction, despite being closely linked to organised crime for all of his adult life.

    He was part of a new breed of criminal living between Dublin and Spain and conducting most of his criminality cross-border.

    Eddie Hutch snr

    February 8th, 2016, Poplar Row, Dublin

    Eddie Hutch snr, a 59-year-old father-of-five, was shot dead at his home on Poplar Row in Dublin’s north inner city just days after the Regency Hotel attack.

    Eddie Hutch snr had a number of convictions and his finances had been investigated by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

    Noel Duggan

    March 23rd, 2016, Ratoath, Co Meath

    Shot dead apparently because of his association with fellow veteran criminal Gerry Hutch, Noel Duggan was so heavily involved in cigarette smuggling he became known as Mr Kingsize.

    Martin O’Rourke

    Thursday, April 14th, 2016, Sherriff Street, Dublin

    Martin O’Rourke, from George’s Hill, Dublin 7, was shot dead apparently in a case of mistaken identity. Gardaí believe the intended target was 34-year-old criminal Keith Murtagh, who is believed to have been closely associated with murdered gang figure Gary Hutch.

    Michael Barr

    April 25th, 2016, Summerhill Parade, Dublin

    Michael Barr (35) is believed to have been killed by Kinahan gang gunmen looking to shoot a Hutch family member in the pub at the time.

    While Barr worked in the pub and was not the prime target, he was a dissident republican who was suspect of helping to source AK47s used in the Regency attack when David Byrne was killed in February

    Gareth Hutch

    May 24th, 2016, North Cumberland Street, Dublin

    Gareth Hutch died after being shot a number of times by two attackers in a carpark near his home.

    He was a cousin of the late Gary Hutch and also the nephew of murdered taxi driver Eddie Hutch.

    David Douglas

    Friday, July 1st, 2016, Bridgefoot St, Dublin 8

    Convicted armed robber and drug dealer David Douglas (54) was shot dead outside the shop he ran with his wife on Bridgefoot Street, off Thomas St, in Dublin 8.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime...feud-1.2760581
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    December 14, 2017

    Kinahan death squads to operate like terror cells as leaders distance themselves and gardai close in

    By Niall O'Connor
    The Irish Mirror

    Kinahan gang gunmen are now operating like an isolated terror cell as foreign-based leaders distance themselves from a bloody catalogue of murders.

    The Irish Mirror has learned a high-level meeting has taken place recently between the cartel’s top brass and a selection of gunmen.

    At the crime summit, they were given a renewed list of targets and told not to contact the leaders of the gang.

    In recent months police forces across the world, led by the gardai, are closing in on the gang with successful operations against the cartel in Europe as well as at home in Ireland.

    A source said: “The Kinahan organised crime group is under massive pressure – some of its suspected biggest hitters have been taken out of circulation by Garda operations.

    “This is all intelligence-driven and ultimately the gang has looked at potential holes in their communications – they are not secure. So they have shut down any direct orders from the Kinahans and other high-level members.

    “By giving these gunmen more autonomy the gang hopes it will not face a conspiracy charge but that will only stop their arrest in the immediate future.

    “Police forces, at home and abroad, are using other methods to monitor them.”

    In recent weeks gardai have continued to chase the gang’s money with raids against associates who have begun to show their wealth, allegedly, gathered from the proceeds of crime.

    During a recent search in Dublin, CAB officers found a diamond testing kit.

    They also seized €28,000 in cash and £700 sterling as well as an Audi A4, a BMW X5 and a Volkswagen Passat.

    Officers also seized 20 high-end watches including Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Tag Heuer Carrera and Luminor.

    Separately the Kinahan army of street thugs and low-level dealers now live in fear of being next on the list.

    Gardai have smashed a number of areas in the gang’s lucrative drug-dealing activities in Ireland and in Europe.

    A source said: “This is an international affair now – a lot of the Irish operations are very high profile.

    “They have attracted a large amount of headlines here but the reality is that a lot of work has been done abroad – especially in Holland and Spain.

    “There are seven senior gang members facing charges of conspiracy to murder. A conspiracy charge is a real threat to these people if you can tie them to the shooter then that is the key.

    “Technology is one way they are being monitored, but a lot of surveillance work and of course touts are all being utilised. The problem is this is worldwide and particularly Europe wide – there must be involvement of multiple police forces.”

    So far 13 men have been shot dead in the Kinahan-Hutch feud – the most recent was Kane McCormack-Kirwan, 24, who was shot dead and dumped in a field in Co Meath on December 2.

    http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish...-like-11692446

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    June 1, 2017

    The story of a feud: How the Kinahan-Hutch war escalated

    By Conor Lally
    The Irish Times

    The Kinahan-Hutch feud violence has been characterised by a period of rapid bloodletting in the early part of last year.

    That was followed by relative calm as the Garda redoubled their efforts and the criminals hid from each other.

    To date 12 people have been shot dead; two in Spain, one in Meath and nine in Dublin.

    It has been a feud of two halves; nine murders between February and August last year and just two killings in the 9½ months since.

    A four-month break in the murders at the end of last year was shattered just before Christmas when Noel Kirwan was shot dead outside his partner’s house in Clondalkin.

    Wednesday’s gunning down of father-of-two Michael Keogh (37) in Dublin’s north inner city brought to an end a five-month murder-free period since Kirwan’s killing.

    There are now real fears that the killing by the Hutch faction of Keogh, who was aligned to the Kinahan gang, will now see the gun violence ramp up.

    How it began

    The killings began when Gary Hutch (34) was shot dead on September 24th, 2015, at an apartment block near Marbella in southern Spain.

    He was murdered by the Kinahan drugs gang, of which he was once a member, after it accused him of supplying information to the police.

    He had also tried to shoot a senior gang member.

    Back in Dublin, his family had negotiated with gang leader Christy Kinahan for months in an effort to spare his life.

    Some €200,000 was paid and Gary Hutch was told he could return to Spain. However, the deal was reneged on and Hutch was murdered.

    Three months later Dubliner Darren Kearns (34) was shot dead in a pub car park on Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin.

    His murder on December 30th, 2015, has now been linked to the Kinahan gang. It is believed Kearns and another criminal were behind a botched gun attack against its members in west Dublin weeks earlier.

    It was not until February 2016, when a killing team stormed a boxing match weigh-in at the Regency Hotel, north Dublin, that the Kinahan-Hutch feud was firmly planted into the public consciousness.

    David Byrne (35) was shot dead in the attack but other gang members escaped on foot.

    Footage from the weigh-in as the armed men stormed the room was captured on the mobile phones of those present and published online almost immediately.

    When the Irish public saw the newspapers the following day, the shock was complete.

    The front pages were filled with images of armed gangsters dressed as a Garda SWAT team running to and from the Regency.

    The unprecedented pictures brought home the horror and brazenness of the attack, thrusting it into the middle of the general election campaign.

    Photographers were observing the weigh-in on the day, from outside the hotel, hoping to get shots of known gangland figures expected to be there.

    When the extraordinary scenes unfolded the cameras were at the ready.

    Much of the public debate centred on why crime journalists and photographers thought to be present but nobody in the Garda was carrying out surveillance despite Irish drugs wholesalers based in Spain expected to be there.

    Between March and August the feud claimed one life per month.

    There was then a lull, broken by the Christmas week killing of Noel Kirwan, as huge Garda resources have been applied, especially on the streets of Dublin’s north inner city.

    Kirwan was gunned down because he was close to the Hutch family, rather than a gang member.

    And with the first feud killing of this year having unfolded on Wednesday, the Garda focus is now two-fold; to catch Keogh’s killers and also manage the tensions his murder has created.

    To date they have been hugely successful in bringing criminal charges, up to and including murder charges, against suspects and in seizing cash and firearms.

    However, while the Garda’s resolve is resolute and resources are being poured into policing the feud, the rival gangs are similarly well resourced.

    They are clearly willing to be patient and can still find willing gunmen to kill for payment.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crim...ated-1.3104304

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