Remembering my uncle and dad's brother Detective Garda Frank Hand on his 37th anniversary today. Murdered by the Provisional IRA outside Drumree Post Office in Co Meath on August 10, 1984. One of the 89 gardai killed in the line of duty.
Breda O'Boyle dancing into Lotto HQ in Dublin earlier after she and over 40 others from a syndicate and retirement group 'Young at Heart' came from Mayo to collect their Daily Million top prize of €1million
Spoke to Alejandro Mizsan's family at their home in Enniscorthy, Wexford today as he returned home from hospital. The boy was in there for seven weeks after being attacked and mauled by a pitbull. Pics by Mick O'Neill.
'Today is a dream for us.'
Two men, both 18, will appear before Dublin District court tomorrow charged over the violent attack on 17-year-old Alanna Quinn Idris and her friend last Thursday night in Ballyfermot, Dublin
Final day at the
@IrishSunOnline
after six years. Huge thanks to everyone in my time there for their help, particularly
@SteBreen
, who has been top class. Looking forward to getting started at the
@IrishMirror
as their Chief Reporter next month.
.
@IrishMirror
Excl:
🥊Daniel Kinahan earned up to $8m for Tyson Fury's last four fights
🥊Bob Arum reveals how DK once warned him: 'I’ll get back at you' + how they fell out
🥊Arum: DK is 'a hundred per cent' still involved in MTK
🥊Fury gets legal advice
BREAKING - A Kinahan cartel associate is to appear in court this evening charged over two attempted murders in September 2016 and March 2017. He was arrested by gardai this afternoon after being extradited from the UK
35th anniversary of my uncle and dad's brother Detective Garda Frank Hand. Murdered by the IRA outside Drumree post office in Co Meath on August 10, 1984.
Got the boot off my account this morning for posting the pic of drug baron Daniel Kinahan in Dubai last week. Apparently breached their privacy rules... So posting the link to the story on our site
MTK Global have announced the launch of MTK Football. Putting that 'big pot of money' to use. Its president claims not to know where the cash has come from. Founded by drugs baron Daniel Kinahan, MTK claim he stepped away in 2017, yet he still advises lots of their fighters
Finishing up at the
@IrishMirror
&
@Reach_Ireland
after a brilliant 2.5 years. Huge thanks to everyone there for their help along the way. Delighted to be returning to the
@IrishSunOnline
as News and Crime Correspondent in the New Year.
Absolutely delighted to get my first
@newsbrandsirl
#journoawards2020
nominations in the crime and young categories. Well done to my
@IrishSunOnline
colleagues who also got the nod! Good luck to all the nominees.
Dr Syed Waqqar Ali went to work in Dublin's Mater Hospital in late April but never came home. I sat down with his family this week, who told their devastating story. They want Dr Waqqar Ali remembered as a national hero. Today's
@IrishSunOnline
New: A member of the Garda Roads Policing Unit has claimed that officers are blowing into breathalysers themselves and recording it as a checkpoint. The serving officer has made a number of allegations outlining an alleged culture of laziness.
Huge crowd chase the Garda van as Jozef Puska, who has just been charged with the murder of Ashling Murphy, is escorted away from Tullamore courthouse in Offaly
Joe Biden kisses the hand of a woman named Mary O'Rourke, who spoke a bit of Irish to the US President in Dundalk, Co Louth earlier this evening. Mary's relative passed on the video afterwards.
Delighted to be nominated in the Young Journalist of the year and Scoop of the year categories for this year's
@newsbrandsirl
#journoawards22
. Congrats to my colleagues and everyone else who got the nod. Looking forward to the bash next month!
Jozef Puska, here being brought from court on the night of being charged last year, has been convicted of the murder of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, Offaly in January, 2022.
Enoch Burke has now left Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath after breaching a High Court order by going there today. He was collected by his father, who waited all day for him parked up outside a field around 100 yards away from the entrance of the school.
Incredibe work by
#BBCPanorama
tonight. Here's some of my work on Daniel Kinahan's involvement in boxing
May 15, 2020: Interviewed Bob Arum who said Kinahan's background is none of his business. Also said Kinahan 'blessed' Michael Conlan's fight in Belfast
Just off a jet ski on a press trip in Spain and now the news of nominations - what a day! Chuffed to be nominated in the Crime Journalist and Popular Features categories for this year's
@newsbrandsirl
#JournoAwards21
. Congrats to all the other nominees and best of luck on the day
The GRA stand united following their Special Delegate Conference in Kilkenny today as the roster dispute deepens. They will withdraw their labour on November 10 and also will not do any overtime on each Tuesday over October, which includes Budget Day and Halloween.
Bob Yalen resigns from MTK. Yalen last year told the BBC that Kinahan was still associatied with MTK adding that he was in regular contact with DK as business required it.Last week, Yalen was quoted in an MTK statement which said Kinahan had not been involved with them since 2017
Nice to see my uncle Detective Garda Frank Hand remembered in our local paper the
@meathchronicle
this week, in the same month as his 38th anniversary, and for his involvement in the investigation and arrest of double killer Malcolm MacArthur.
Spoke to Garda Insp Tony Gallagher before his retirement yesterday. He told how gardai had to protect homes, sweep churches for bombs and man rooftops for Hutch family funerals to foil Kinahan cartel plans to kill mourners. Spread in
@IrishMirror
and here:
A man is facing 446 charges relating to stolen catalytic converters, money laundering and handing stolen property. He appeared in court this morning. Gardai in north Dublin have made huge progress in tackling the crime in recents months
📽Detenido un conocido criminal irlandés que lideraba un grupo dedicado al envío postal de
#marihuana
y
#medicamentos
hipnóticos a
#ReinoUnido
e
#Irlanda
En la operación hay 6 arrestados en
#Alicante
y se han interceptado 4 paquetes de 4 kilos de marihuana y 15.000 pastillas
Delighted to be nominated. Congrats to all my colleagues at the
@IrishMirror
and
@isfearranstar
who also got the nod. Looking forward to the bash later this month
Chief suspect in the murder of Drogheda teenager Keane Mulready-Woods was shot dead this morning in Belfast. An absolute psychopath who is suspected of carrying out a number of hits. More in Sunday's
@IrishSunOnline
When does boxing take action? Tyson Fury, who fights this weekend, is advised by Daniel Kinahan as are dozens of other fighters. His place at the top table of professional boxing has been facilitated by the most powerful in the sport.
May 14: Daniel Kinahan appointed as "special advisor" to KHK Sports by the Bahraini Royal Family.
June 16: KHK Sports confirm it "has discontinued engagement with Daniel Kinahan and he is no longer an adviser to KHK Sports."
Daniel Kinahan is still working with Bob Arum to get MTK fighters their big US break. Interview with promoter Arum on Kinahan where he also insists the Dublin crime boss is not boxing's problem and that his conscience is clear
Some of what Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan said on mob boss Daniel Kinahan's involvement in professional boxing. Excellent interview with
@SteBreen
in today's
@IrishSunOnline
BREAKING - Gardai have arrested a man over the murder Ashling Murphy. He was lifted in a Dublin hospital before being escorted to Tullamore Garda Station where he can be questioned for 24 hours. Ashling, 23, was laid to rest this morning.
BREAKING - Garda left with his index finger hanging off after being bitten while carrying out an arrest at Gulliver’s Retail Park, Ballymun, Dublin this morning. Man in his 30s in custody. Garda getting treatment at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown. More to follow
@IrishMirror
A bottle bank was sealed off this evening on the Daingean road in Tullamore, Offaly as gardai continue to work to gather evidence as part of the investigation into the murder of Ashling Murphy. It's just over 2km from the murder scene
Cornelius Price, who has died from a brain injury, celebrating after hitman Robbie Lawlor was shot dead in Belfast on April 4, 2020. Price was an incredibly dangerous and volatile character who was behind much of the chaos in the Drogheda feud
First story and splash for the
@IrishMirror
. We pictured Daniel Goulding, arrested after two gardai were shot in west Dublin on Tuesday, being taken to A&E last night. Cops believe he may have lost the plot over fears of being targeted by rivals. Third gun and ammo also recovered
A man will appear in court this morning charged in connection to the murder of Fabiole Camara in Finglas, Dublin on Thursday morning. Authorities have been in contact with Fabiole's family in her native Brazil. She had lived here for 5 years and had just begun a new job.
BREAKING - The man arrested yesterday over the murder of Ashling Murphy has been released without charge. He has been eliminated from Garda enquiries and is no longer a suspect.
First pictures of Liam Byrne, a senior Kinahan cartel associate, on UK soil after being extradited from Spain following his arrest in Mallorca in May. He is to stand trial for alleged firearms offences. He appeared at in court today where he was remanded in custody.
Bob Arum in today's
@IrishMirror
on Daniel Kinahan:
🥊DK "irrelevant" in Top Rank's deal with Sky Sports despite mob boss advising some of his fighters
🥊DK negotiates fighters' purses as part of 'advisory' role
🥊Sky repeat last week's statement.. & more
Sky Sports have recieved
@nealerichmond
's letter re
#FuryJoshua
. They note "serious concerns" raised by the TD over Daniel Kinahan's involvement in brokering the two-fight deal. The broadcaster has an exclusive contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Sports and with Anthony Joshua
Understand MTK have responded to a lawsuit in the US for the first time. Heredia Boxing Management is suing MTK, Daniel Kinahan and others, claiming fighter Jo Jo Diaz was illegally poached. The case also alleges Kinahan is using MTK as a front to launder drug money through
Locals in the Llywellen estate, Ballinteer in south Dublin gathered tonight to remember a mum and her two young children found dead in a house here earlier today.
Spoke to
@jhanlonracing
who said he was "honoured" that Henry and Heather De Bromhead gave the go-ahead for one last pony race fixture this year in memory of young Jack. The
@PonyRacingIRE
event will take place at Borris, Carlow on Sunday October 2
Frank Warren tells
@IrishSunOnline
he does “not know of the allegations” against Daniel Kinahan. Kinahan has been "honourable" in boxing dealings. Former Lord Mayor Nial Ring invites Warren to Dublin to see the devastation the cartel has caused
This is footage of Thomas "Bomber" Kavanagh's arrest by the UK's National Crime Agency at Birmingham Airport in 2019. The Dubliner had just landed back from a holiday with his family in Mexico. He has been jailed for overseeing a cocaine and cannabis drug smuggling op in the UK.
BREAKING - Finglas gangster known as 'Mr Flashy', 30, and his close associate, 22, have been arrested and are in custody this evening being questioned in relation to a guns seizure in February 2022
Abdul Raguragui, whose son Azzam was knifed to death in 2019, broke down in tears after another teen died in a stabbing incident last week. He's starting an anti knife crime campaign and is also meeing
@OCallaghanJim
&
@nealerichmond
to discuss the issue
Thanks to
@BreakfastNT
for having me on - MTK deal with KHK Sports in Bahrain where Daniel Kinahan is a 'special advisor', how boxing figures are helping Kinahan legitimise himself and how the cartel have been banned from the US
#ListenBack
From allegations of being involved in organised crime to promoting the world’s biggest fights – Daniel Kinahan makes it big in boxing
Reporter
@johnhand_
form the Irish Sun had all the news
Listen HERE
#BKNT
Interview with Sophie Toscan du
Plantier's uncle in today's
@IrishMirror
. Jean-Pierre Gazeau believes Ian Bailey is taking “advantage” of the limelight the fresh interest in the case has brought.
Bob Arum insists MTK had no choice but to fold because nobody in the sport would do business with any firm connected to drug baron Daniel Kinahan. He also revealed he would assist any US Government probe into Kinahan and MTK. In today's
@IrishMirror
.
@NCA_UK
confirm Liam Byrne arrest saying he is one of the most trusted members of the Kinahan cartel.
Byrme was arrested on Sunday in the Alcudia area of Mallorca while eating in a restaurant with family members.
He had flown into Palma Airport from Dubai, UAE, on the 26 May
Thanks to
@brendan1oc
who spoke to myself and
@mickthehack
yesterday. He and his colleagues have worked through the most difficult and heartbreaking circumstances in Creeslough, Donegal since Friday.
@gardarep
Thinking about Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe's family today after Aaron Brady's conviction for capital murder. Some justice for them and his colleagues. Well done to all involved in the investigation
Alejandro Mizsan, who was brutally attacked by a pitbull last November, was driven around in an Aston Martin yesterday as we teamed up with Ashford Motors to treat the young lad to a VIP day out ahead of his 10th birthday. In today's
@IrishMirror
Bob Arum in today's
@IrishSunOnline
on Daniel Kinahan:
- Crime boss Kinahan "blessed" MTK boxer Conlan's Belfast fight last year
- Kinahan’s background none of his "business"
- Arum's unaware of Regency attack which stopped major boxing events in Dublin
BREAKING - Machine gun, handgun and pistol seized in Clondalkin, Dublin today. Gardai also recovered cocaine, heroin and tablets worth around €115,000. The drugs and firearms were discovered in the search of two vehicles
Jimmy Flynn is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin at 10.30am to face a robbery charge over the Lordship Credit Union raid in Louth which claimed the life of Det Garda Adrian Donohoe. Flynn was extradited from the UK yesterday evening.
BREAKING - Understand two men arrested over the attack on two gardai in Ballyfermot, Dublin are set to appear before court tomorrow charged over the incident. A third man remains in custody. A woman arrested at the scene has been released and will appear in court at a later date.
BREAKING - Gardai have made a huge cannabis seizure worth over €7million. The drugs arrived in a container from Spain through Dublin Port. Three arrests made in the joint op between Revenue and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau
'We have lost all three precious gems of our family' - I spoke to Seema Banu's devastated family in India earlier after the mum and her two young children's bodies were found in Ballinteer, south Dublin on Wednesday
@IrishSunOnline
Brave Garda who arrested one of the country’s most volatile criminals armed with a machine gun and an unpinned hand grenade has told how the terrifying incident crosses his mind everyday.
@AGSI_Ireland
Bizarre from Daniel Kinahan, a man behind so much terror on our streets and on innocent people's lives. Boxing is so far down this road, there's no turning back from what I can see. And as per my interview with Bob Arum yesterday, Kinahan is not a boxing problem in their view
Gardai from the DOCB have seized 172kgs of cocaine worth over €12m in a joint operation with Revenue at Ringaskiddy Port in Co Cork. They were discovered on containers that arrived on a vessel from Central America.
A Ukrainian woman who is living in Carrick on Shannon, Leitrim, learned of the awful news that her newborn sister, 23 days old, brother, mum and step dad were all killed by Russian shelling in her homeland yesterday. Absolutely heartbreaking.
@IrishMirror
Gerry Hutch was about to have dinner at a restaurant and was holding a menu when cops swooped. More details of the op on 'The Monk' for his arrest in Spain and two spreads on the fugitive in today's
@IrishMirror
BREAKING - Kinahan cartel gangster Thomas "Bomber" Kavanagh has appeared via video link at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged in connection with a plot to acquire firearms and ammunition. He is additionally charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
Discussion on Kinahan cartel lieutenant Liam Byrne following his arrest with
@mickthehack
on the Shattered Lives Podcast. Thanks to Mick and
@ciaranbrad
for having me on.
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