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Friday 23 October 2020
The seriousness of the crime must be reflected in the sentence our judges can impose, says the justice minister.
The men were charged at the Special Criminal Court.
Today three men were jailed for taking part in a Kinahan cartel plan to kill a Hutch family member.
The Special Criminal Court heard the evidence during the sentencing of Derek Devoy.
In the first six months of this year, there were 133 arrests in relation to organised crime.
Dissident republican threat and gangland crime are to be given as reasons for two special laws being renewed.
The feud has seen innocent members of the extended families of these criminals targeted.
Thompson is the latest to be convicted of murder in relation to the ongoing gang feud.
The party is proposing that criminal offences be removed for people possessing less than five grams of cannabis.
A sub-machine gun, a semi-automatic pistol and a revolver have been recovered.
One has gone but the other has remained in the city.
It is understood that tight security will be in place at the Citywest event.
Most of the senior leadership of the cartel has either been arrested or have fled.
Gardaí say there has been up to forty interventions of planned assassination by organised crime gangs.
Advocates and survivors of mother and baby homes have been outraged at the government’s handling of legislation passed in the Dáil last night.
A number of leading members of the cartel are running scared.
Extra checkpoints were put in place over the weekend as fears of a fresh attack grow.
And that’s only taking seizures into account.
The man replied “not guilty” when the charge was put to him by gardaí.
Officers have also arrested 44 people over gangland murders since February.
Fr Tony O’Riordan warned dealers they faced an eternity in hell if they did not repent for their sins.
Dublin’s Lord Mayor says that every shooting, whether it happens in the inner city or the suburbs, affects every Dubliner.
Michael Barr was shot dead at the Sunset House pub in Dublin in April.
The woman, aged in her 30s, was detained this morning.
The Tánaiste also said she was “shocked” by a recent claim the then Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan met PAC chair in a car park.
Yesterday Gareth Hutch was murdered in broad daylight at an apartment block just 300 metres from O’Connell Street.
A man in his 20s was detained in the north Dublin area this evening.
Gardaí working in Dublin’s north inner city have been doing their best to reassure locals as they try to nail down those responsible for the recent violence.
The Commissioner said investigations into gangland deaths are progressing well.
The father-of-three was gunned down in broad daylight in a case of mistaken identity.
Here’s what you need to know as you start your day.
There is a lack of political energy around reform, writes John Devitt.
There was a very heavy garda presence at David Byrne’s funeral on Monday, and it’s essential there is one today.
Aaron McKenna discussed the possibility of legalising cannabis to remove power from these dangerous gangs – what do you think?
The unit was announced by Frances Fitzgerald this week.
The car was not burnt out and tests have been carried out on the interior of the vehicle.
“There is a sense of fear. People are very concerned as to where they’ll strike next.”
The seizures were made in north Dublin yesterday.
The protection programme was set up as gardaí tackled gangland crime.
Heroin and cocaine worth over €5 million was seized by gardaí.
Three people were arrested yesterday in the two separate operations.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
If you did, we want to know: Who won last night’s US election debate?
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