Jonathan Dowdall

44-year-old Jonathan Dowdall, of the Navan Road in Cabra, entered his plea before the Special Criminal Court this morning.

David Byrne was shot dead at a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin's northside on the 5th of February 2016. A former Sinn Fein Councillor has pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016. This morning, former Sinn Fein Councillor Jonathan Dowdall pleaded guilty to facilitating Mr Byrne's killing.

The shooting took place at the Regency Hotel more than six years ago. 44-year-old Jonathan Dowdall of the Navan Road in Cabra, admitted to facilitating the ...

David Byrne was shot dead at a boxing weigh-in at the hotel the following evening. 44-year-old Jonathan Dowdall of the Navan Road in Cabra, admitted to facilitating the murder by making a room available at the hotel for a criminal organisation on February 4th, 2016. A former Sinn Fein Councillor has pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne.

A former Sinn Fein councillor and his father have pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016 as part of the ...

Patrick Hutch (28) of Champions Avenue, Dublin 1, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Byrne. A search for him began last April after Ireland issued a European Arrest Warrant in connection with the attack on the Regency Hotel. He was being held in a Madrid prison.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she welcomes the guilty plea by former party councillor Jonathan Dowdall to facilitating the murder of David ...

Patrick Hutch (28) of Champions Avenue, Dublin 1, had pleaded not guilty to Mr Byrne's murder. A search for him began last April after Ireland issued a European Arrest Warrant in connection with the attack on the Regency Hotel. He was being held in a Madrid prison.

“I commend the Gardaí for their work and they have my ongoing and unwavering support in tackling the scourge of organised criminal gangs in my constituency.

Patrick Hutch (28) of Champions Avenue, Dublin 1, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Byrne. Jason Bonney (50), of Drumnigh Wood, Portmarnock, Dublin 13, is charged with participating in or contributing to activity intending to or being reckless as to whether such participation or contribution could facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation or any of its members, to wit the murder of David Byrne, by providing access to individual motor vehicles to that criminal organisation or its members, within the State on February 5, 2016. David’s older brother Liam, a right-hand man of Daniel Kinahan, was also present. He is charged with participating in or contributing to activity intending to or being reckless as to whether such participation or contribution could facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation or any of its members, to wit the murder of David Byrne, by providing access to individual motor vehicles to that criminal organisation or its members, within the State on February 5, 2016. Both Dowdall and his father answered "guilty" when the charges were read to them. Both pleaded guilty to participating in or contributing to activity intending to or being reckless as to whether such participation or contribution could facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation or any of its members, to wit the murder of David Byrne, by making a room available at the Regency Hotel, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 for that criminal organisation or its members, within the State on February 4, 2016.

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall and his father Patrick face going back to prison just months after finishing their sentences for torturing a ...

I had never heard of water-boarding before that night and I certainly didn't know what it involved.” "But after experiencing it, I can tell you it is terrifying. it is sickening," he told the Sunday World at the time. Both men answered "guilty" when the charges were read to them. David’s older brother Liam, a right-hand man of Daniel Kinahan, was also present. "He told me he was a member of the IRA and that I was going to be chopped up and fed to the dogs."

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall is facing up to 15 years in jail after he admitted helping the Hutch gang's murder of David Byrne in the ...

Patrick Hutch, 28, of Champions Avenue, Dublin 1, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Byrne. A search for him began last April after Ireland issued a European Arrest Warrant in connection with the attack on the Regency Hotel. He is charged with participating in or contributing to activity intending to or being reckless as to whether such participation or contribution could facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation or any of its members, to wit the murder of David Byrne, by providing access to individual motor vehicles to that criminal organisation or its members, within the State on February 5, 2016. He was being held in a Madrid prison. Both men answered "guilty" when the charges were read to them. Both pleaded guilty to participating in or contributing to activity intending to or being reckless as to whether such participation or contribution could facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation or any of its members, to wit the murder of David Byrne, by making a room available at the Regency Hotel, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 for that criminal organisation or its members, within the State on February 4, 2016.

Once a protégé of Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, the downfall of Jonathan Dowdall continued in the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday after he ...

The garda investigation immediately focused on the Hutch crime group for involvement and over several weeks detectives carried out a series of raids across Dublin. His €80,000 BMW car was seized along with a motorbike, documentation, and electronic devices while a large aquarium in the a rear garden shed was searched by garda divers. They answered “guilty” when the charge of facilitating the murder of David Byrne, by making a hotel room available to the criminal organisation involved, was put to them. Back in 2014 things were going well for Jonathan Dowdall. The horrific crime went undetected for over a year until another audacious crime would put the father and son in the spotlight. he ex-councillor and his father Patrick admitted helping a crime gang carry out the fatal shooting of a rival criminal at Dublin’s Regency Hotel over six years ago.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald welcomed the conviction of former party councillor Jonathan Dowdall and his father -- and praised Gardaí for their ...

Last April, the High Court issued a European Arrest Warrant following an application from the Director of Public Prosecutions for the arrest of Mr Hutch, who was wanted to face trial in Ireland. The former councillor and his father pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016 as part of the Hutch-Kinahan feud. Dowdall and his father, Patrick, both pleaded guilty on Wednesday September 28 to facilitating the murder.