Gerry Hutch

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch was arrested yesterday in his jail cell in Wheatfield Prison on suspicion of directing an organised crime gang.

Both Dowdall and his father answered "guilty" when the charges were read to them. He is currently detained under Section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda Station in the Dublin Region on suspicion of Organised Crime related offences. "A male in his 50s has, today, been arrested on foot of a warrant issued under section 42 Criminal Justice Act 1999.

Days before the 58-year-old goes on trial for murder, sources have told us that detectives want the Dubliner charged with directing a crime gang – and are ...

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. And 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. 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. And we have learned that the file is likely to be sent to the DPP within a matter of weeks, with a recommendation that Mr Hutch be charged with the offence of directing a crime gang. “The next stage is for the investigative file to be sent to the DPP, with a recommendation that he be charged.

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has been returned to prison custody after being arrested and questioned by Gardaí overnight.

Hutch is due to stand trial next week for the murder of David Byrne at a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in 2016. It is believed he was questioned on suspicion of directing the operations of a criminal gang. The 58-year-old was arrested at Wheatfield Prison yesterday and taken to a Garda station in Dublin.