Dublin Hotel Murder Trial Told of Link Between Irish Republicans and Underworld Feud

As the trial of Gerry Hutch gets under way armed officers patrol outside the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on Oct. 3, 2022. (PA).

Alleged Irish gangland boss Gerry Hutch has gone on trial, accused of ordering a murderous attack on a boxing press conference at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016.

David Byrne, 33, was shot dead when six gunmen, dressed as police officers and armed with AK-47 assault rifles, attacked associates of Hutch’s alleged arch-rival Daniel Kinahan at a weigh-in for a WBO European title fight between Kinahan’s fighter, Jamie Kavanagh, and Antonio Joao Bento.