After much speculation, crime boss Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has confirmed he will run in the general election

Paschal Donohoe has said there are likely to be some people who would vote for Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch if he does decide to run in the general election

Michael Carroll tried to "ingratiate" himself with the Kinahan/Byrne crime faction by emptying a revolver at a brother of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch

The Special Criminal court heard from witnesses who saw Ross Hutch “clutching his head” and “roaring” after finding his slain cousin’s body lying between two cars in the carpark at Avondale House. He was heard screaming “oh, no, no, no”. 

Michael Carroll (43) was originally charged with the attempted murder of John Hutch in a shooting at his Drumalee Avenue home in September 2016

Presiding judge Ms Justice Tara Burns said today the two convicted men Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney had provided "intentional and organised assistance to the Hutch organisation"

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Two long-time friends of the Hutch family have been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court of acting as getaway drivers during the notorious Regency Hotel attack in 2016, during which Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne was murdered

It is expected that Mr Hutch's co-accused Jason Bonney will call witnesses to give evidence on his behalf later

Jonathan Dowdall told the Special Criminal Court that Gerry Hutch allegedly told him he was involved in the shooting of David Byrne during a meeting between the pair in February 2016

Former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall is currently giving evidence for the State in the trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch

The defence's cross-examination of former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall continued on Friday

Jonathan Dowdall gave evidence for the fourth day in the trial of Gerry 'the Monk’ Hutch at the Special Criminal Court

Dowdall was accused of telling ‘two big lies’ in his evidence.

The former Sinn Féin councillor had been expected to give evidence this week

The party president also said she would ‘relish’ the opportunity to become Ireland’s first woman Taoiseach.

The Special Criminal Court is hearing recording of conversations between Jonathan Dowdall and murder accused, Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch is on trial in the Special Criminal Court accused of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016

Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch is on trial at the Special Criminal Court accused of the murder of David Byrne in 2016

The Special Criminal Court heard the records were found on a securely stored desktop computer which had been listed for destruction

The three Special Criminal Court judges will listen to 10 hours of recordings

The non-jury court heard from defence counsel that gardai destroyed records from a tracking device that had been placed on Dowdall's Toyota Land Cruiser SUV when he is alleged to have driven murder accused Gerard Hutch north for a meeting with republicans in the aftermath of the shooting.

Jonathan Dowdall and his father, Patrick Dowdall, itted assisting a criminal gang to commit the murder of David Byrne in February 2016.

Jonathan Dowdall (44) is charged with the murder of David Byrne (33) at the hotel in Whitehall, Dublin, on February 5th, 2016