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Three men arrested and almost €1.3m in cash seized in south Dublin
Three men have been arrested and €1.2 million in cash seized as part of an investigation into an organised crime group. Gardaí stopped and searched a car in the Donnybrook area on Thursday. Advertisement During the search, they found €197,760 in cash and a man aged in his 50s was arrested. In a follow-up operation on the same day, two other men, one aged in his 30s and one his 40s, were arrested. During searches of a number of properties in south Dublin, gardaí seized an additional €1,086,175 in cash. The total amount of cash seized was €1,283,935. Advertisement The three arrested men are expected to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on Saturday. The arrests were made in connection with an operation targeting an organised crime group involved in the sale and supply of drugs and money laundering in the Dublin area. Assistant Commissioner Cliona Richardson said: 'This significant seizure of cash will impact the ability of those involved to cause harm in our communities. 'It not only removes ill-gotten gains from the hands of criminals, but also deprives them of money they would have used to fund further criminal activities. Advertisement 'The DCRT (Dublin Crime Response Team) is committed to keeping our communities safe by continuing to target the proceeds of criminal conduct, with a view to seizing assets and initiating prosecutions in relation to persons engaged in money laundering and associated criminal activity.'
BreakingNews.ie
22-07-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Man (70s) arrested after extradition from the US
A man in his 70s has been arrested following an extradition from the United States of America at the request of the Irish authorities. Gardaí arrested the man on Tuesday morning upon arrival at Dublin airport. Advertisement He is being brought before a sitting at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Tuesday morning. He is currently being detained at a Garda station in Dublin. He's facing charges of historical sexual abuse against a number of girls in the 1970's and 80's.
BreakingNews.ie
14-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Four males charged after couple (60s) threatened with firearm in Dublin
The four males, one aged in his 60s, one in his 20s, and two juvenile youths, who were arrested in connection with aggravated burglary at a residence in Shanganagh Cliffs, Shankill, Co Dublin, on Wednesday, have since been charged. During the course of the aggravated burglary, four individuals entered the home of a couple in their 60s and assaulted and threatened the couple with a firearm. Advertisement The four individuals left the scene in a vehicle and an electric bike. The owner of the home, a man in his 60s, was removed from the scene to St Vincent's University Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Gardaí immediately responded to the incident and a search of the area took place by gardaí attached to Shankill Garda station. Gardaí arrested three individuals when they stopped a vehicle and a fourth individual was arrested a short distance away who was on a electric bike. During the course of the search of the area a semi-automatic firearm was recovered. All four are due to appear before Dublin District Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Saturday.
Irish Independent
29-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Senior Kinahan Cartel member Sean McGovern charged in Dublin court with murdering grandfather Noel Kirwan
The 39-year-old has this evening also been charged with directing a criminal organisation involved in the conspiracy to murder a rival gangster after being extradited from Dubai. The alleged offences were carried out as part of the Hutch-Kinahan feud which claimed up to 18 lives both in Ireland and abroad. McGovern, formerly of Kildare Road in Crumlin, is the most senior member of the Kinahan crime group to be charged before the Irish courts. A significant security operation was in place at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate Street with more than 40 gardaí, including senior investigators and armed detectives, present for the hearing. The father-of-two was arrested earlier today after stepping off a military plane at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnell, west Dublin, that had brought him under garda escort from the United Arab Emirates. Detective Sergeant Donal Daly gave evidence of arresting the accused for the purposes of charging him and explained that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) certified that he should be charged before the non-jury court. The defence counsel said at the outset of the hearing that they were reserving their position in relation to the lawfulness of his arrest and the jurisdiction of the court. Sean McGovern is accused of the feud murder of Noel Kirwan (62) at St Ronan's Drive in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, on December 22, 2016. The grandfather, known as 'Duck Egg', was shot dead as he sat in his car with his partner in the driveway of her home. Mr Kirwan was not involved in the feud but was targeted after being spotted beside Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch at a funeral. McGovern is further accused of directing the activities of a criminal organisation in relation to Mr Kirwan's murder from October 20 to December 22, 2016. He is also charged with enhancing the abilities of a crime gang to carry out that murder between the same dates within the state. The court heard that Sean McGovern also faces two additional charges relating to a plot to murder James 'Mago' Gately, an associate of the Hutch gang, more than eight years ago. He is charged with both directing a crime gang to carry out surveillance of Gately, and facilitating a criminal organisation relating to the conspiracy to murder Gately between October 17, 2015, and April 6, 2017. The maximum penalty on conviction for directing a crime gang is life imprisonment, while McGovern faces the mandatory life sentence if found guilty of Mr Kirwan's murder. The accused appeared with a shaved head, wearing a grey T-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms, socks and sandals. He only addressed the court to say 'yes' when asked if he was Sean McGovern. No application for bail was made as this can only be sought before the High Court on charges of murder or organised crime offences. Ms Justice Karen O'Connor, presiding, remanded McGovern in custody and he is due to appear before the court again on June 5. A garda spokesperson earlier today said McGovern had "been the subject of an Interpol Red Notice'. "An Garda Síochána has developed major international partnerships in our efforts to target transnational organised crime groups. "Our relationship with authorities across the world including with the Ministry of Justice at judicial level in the United Arab Emirates, and on a police-to-police basis, is valued and one which we will continue to develop. This relationship has been supported by Irish governmental and diplomatic efforts'.
Irish Independent
29-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Senior Kinahan Cartel member Sean McGovern charged with murdering grandfather Noel Kirwan in Dublin court
The 39-year-old has this evening also been charged with directing a criminal organisation involved in the conspiracy to murder a rival gangster after being extradited from Dubai. The alleged offences were carried out as part of the Hutch-Kinahan feud which claimed up to 18 lives both in Ireland and abroad. McGovern, formerly of Kildare Road in Crumlin, is the most senior member of the Kinahan crime group to be charged before the Irish courts. A significant security operation was in place at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate Street with more than 40 gardaí, including senior investigators and armed detectives, present for the hearing. The father-of-two was arrested earlier today after stepping off a military plane at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnell, west Dublin, that had brought him under garda escort from the United Arab Emirates. Detective Sergeant Donal Daly gave evidence of arresting the accused for the purposes of charging him and explained that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) certified that he should be charged before the non-jury court. The defence counsel said at the outset of the hearing that they were reserving their position in relation to the lawfulness of his arrest and the jurisdiction of the court. Sean McGovern is accused of the feud murder of Noel Kirwan (62) at St Ronan's Drive in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, on December 22, 2016. The grandfather, known as 'Duck Egg', was shot dead as he sat in his car with his partner in the driveway of her home. Mr Kirwan was not involved in the feud but was targeted after being spotted beside Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch at a funeral. McGovern is further accused of directing the activities of a criminal organisation in relation to Mr Kirwan's murder from October 20 to December 22, 2016. He is also charged with enhancing the abilities of a crime gang to carry out that murder between the same dates within the state. The court heard that Sean McGovern also faces two additional charges relating to a plot to murder James 'Mago' Gately, an associate of the Hutch gang, more than eight years ago. He is charged with both directing a crime gang to carry out surveillance of Gately, and facilitating a criminal organisation relating to the conspiracy to murder Gately between October 17, 2015, and April 6, 2017. The maximum penalty on conviction for directing a crime gang is life imprisonment, while McGovern faces the mandatory life sentence if found guilty of Mr Kirwan's murder. The accused appeared with a shaved head, wearing a grey T-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms, socks and sandals. He only addressed the court to say 'yes' when asked if he was Sean McGovern. No application for bail was made as this can only be sought before the High Court on charges of murder or organised crime offences. Ms Justice Karen O'Connor, presiding, remanded McGovern in custody and he is due to appear before the court again on June 5. A garda spokesperson earlier today said McGovern had "been the subject of an Interpol Red Notice'. "An Garda Síochána has developed major international partnerships in our efforts to target transnational organised crime groups. "Our relationship with authorities across the world including with the Ministry of Justice at judicial level in the United Arab Emirates, and on a police-to-police basis, is valued and one which we will continue to develop. This relationship has been supported by Irish governmental and diplomatic efforts'.
