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TO SOME PEOPLE, the Hutch-Kinahan feud is a game, where human lives lost are interchangeable with points.
By that token, it’s 4-1 to the Kinahans.
Of course, that view not only reduces the death of Martin O’Rourke – an innocent man not involved in the ‘gangland scene’ shot dead in broad daylight – to a numbers game, but also ignores the many terrified witnesses to the Regency Hotel shooting (one journalist had a gun pointed in his face).
Make no mistake, this latest chapter in Dublin’s criminal story is no trivial matter to be decided amongst ‘themselves’.
What seemed like the isolated murder of a known criminal figure on foreign soil was actually the precursor of violence on the streets of Dublin.
In February, a gang of six men, some dressed as armed gardaí, entered a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Drumcondra and opened fire. Their target was Daniel Kinahan who escaped. His associate David Byrne did not. He was shot and killed.
Three days later and not ten minutes’ drive away from The Regency, Eddie Hutch was gunned down at his home in Ballybough.
Hutch was the brother of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, once one of the most infamous names in Irish crime.
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The Kinahan cartel is considered the most powerful drug gang in the history of the State, headed by 57-year-old Christy Kinahan, dubbed ‘The Dapper Don’.
The Hutch family name is a staple of serious crime in Ireland.
This is down mainly to the activities of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch who was the prime suspect, but always denied any involvement, in two of Ireland’s most notorious armed robberies – a IR£1.7 million Securicor robbery in 1987 and a £3 million Brinks depot robbery in 1995.
He has denied involvement in both. His settlement with the Criminal Assets Bureau was about tax, not crime, he says.
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Last night at around 9.30pm, two gunmen entered The Sunset House in Summerhill in Dublin.
Within minutes, 34-year-old Michael Barr was dead.
A silver Audi A6, with a 04 C 17738 reg, sped from the scene along the Ballybough Road, passing Croke Park on its left, turning onto Richmond Road and across onto Walsh Road.
The car was found burned out later and it is believed those inside left Walsh Road in the direction of Home Farm Road in another silver-coloured saloon car.
Immediately, gardaí knew it had some link to the Kinahan-Hutch feud.
As it transpired, the victim was Michael Barr, a man gardaí believe was behind the logistics and planning of the Regency Hotel shooting, which claimed the life of David Byrne, a Kinahan gang member.
Just last week, gardaí from Ballymun had raided his home.
Barr, 34, was due in court this Thursday to face sentencing after admitting to charges of handling stolen goods at the Special Criminal Court. He was arrested in July 2014 at Finnstown Castle Hotel in Lucan and charged with membership of the IRA.
Despite that charge being dropped, it was known that Barr was a leading figure in the dissident Republican movement and an associate of the Hutch gang.
Garda sources say that the Kinahan cartel have vowed revenge on everyone involved in the hotel shooting. With six gunmen and at least as many involved in the planning, the prospect of a halt to the bloodshed is not close.
Nicknamed ‘Mr Kingsize’, Duggan was heavily involved in cigarette smuggling. In the past, he made a significant settlement with the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). The agency confiscated a Dublin city centre premises as part-payment for the €4 million bill.
However, like Eddie Hutch, he was seen as a “soft target” as the Kinahans attempt to lure Gerry Hutch into retaliation.
Many observers have questioned why the Hutch gang have not hit back for the most recent killings.
While the signs of a retaliation have been minimal as yet, gardaí are preparing for the Hutch gang to make their next move. They are worried that the feud will escalate, and that the Hutch gang will attempt another large-scale attack on the Kinahans.
Garda sources say that immediate retaliation is “not (Gerry) Hutch’s style”. They maintain that Hutch will bide his time to strike against the Kinahans, but are adamant that retaliation is coming.
“There’s no way he’s letting all of this slide without doing something,” a garda source said.
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Awh no. Someone should really invent hundreds of websites and programs that allow you to download and/or stream media without paying for it. Or even something that lets you pretend to be from any country you like on the internet, some kind of crazy magical browser extension. What a world that would be.
Connolly is correct if Amazon don’t launch their prime video service in Ireland soon they’ll lose out big time!
Is it still the case in the UK that watching prime instant video, even on a telly, doesn’t require a TV licence, big middle finger there to the BBC if that is the case
Did he ever apologise to the lad he attacked? I know it’s all about the money but no pompous racist should be encouraged with a pat on the back, even if it’s from another company..shame on you Amazon Video.
@The Girl. As men we generally don’t look for apologies if we’re attacked. Then again, a real man would hit back!! Maybe I’m a ‘neanderthal’ but anyone who ever hit me, didn’t do it a second time.
Wayne, for someone who doesn’t watch the show you seem to know a lot about it.
See what you are trying to do (rather pathetically) is equate his on camera character and media persona to that of an actual racist. He obviously exaggerates the plucky proud Brit stereotype to an extreme and it is hilarious most of the time.
I would say he is proud of British history and its industrial pedigree. Is there something wrong with that? I don’t think so. Last time I checked contemporary use of the term “British” didn’t correspond with any skin colour or ethnic group. So if he believes that British culture and identity is the best, then more power to him.
Hopefully Amazon will launch prime in Ireland soon so people can have access to this. Its a bit ridiculous at this stage that we don’t have instant video and prime delivery.
Fantastic! For a few months there I thought the world had lost forever the televised antics of the smuggest, most obnoxious, pompous and wearisome trio of men-children that history has ever known.
@Sean, I agree, three washed up has beens. Plenty of good talent out there and these old farts will not give young talent a look in. Reminds me of another TV station !!
I want an amazon.ie first, sick of getting shafted by currency conversion. Considering their large presence here not even having an Irish store front is a joke. They let me sign up to amazon prime even though the main benefit of amazon prime, the free next day delivery, isn’t available for here, they’ll still charge you the same amount though and wont even offer the 2 day delivery (which is available) as an alternative unless you badger 3 different customer service reps for an hour
I did love top gear with Hammond, Clarkson and May but I really hope the new top gear will be successful without them. Just because Clarkson is arrogant and seems to think he can do and get away with whatever he wants because the show won’t be successful without him.
I hope this fails, but there are enough readers of the Star out there to keep these 3 toffs in comfort for a while. What is it with people wanting to watch public school Boys driving around?
Forgive the idiot, give him more money because car lovers want him back on TV, even if he showed his true colours as a racist..Come on people. A bi-plane to a spaceship or whatever he said..? BBC top gear made you now you insult it? It only takes time, he’ll be racist again. Once a racist, always one
Ah Karol, I was exaggerating for dramatic effect. Personally I find it difficult to support someone’s work after I realise they’re an awful person. A lot of people would feel the same but not everyone.
some people really do not understand what racism actually is. Being from Ireland doesnt make me a seperate race of human being. For the love of fictional characters in the sky, will you please stop branding everyone racist at every turn.
You are dead right some people don’t get what racism is and it is you. Irish people are an ethnic group, treating an ethnic group with insults and generally badly is racism. So two ” white” groups can be racist to each other. You misunderstand racism to mean ‘race’ only and them use a narrow understanding of the term.
The blocking system is based on the IP source. Thankfully the restriction is quite easy to bypass. You need to use a VPN service account based in the US , which you have for 5 Dollars a Month. -Select a provider with US server location -Download the software -Switch your IP -Connect to Amazon Instant Video
hopefully they won’t have any of that star in a reasonably priced car bull top gear was good when it was fantasy, units obtainable cars and set up situations.
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