Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused, suspect

Offences

Facilitating a criminal organisation, Murder

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

4 reports, 25 Oct 2022 to 27 Oct 2022

Outlets

thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com, dublinlive.ie

• Supreme Court dismisses Regency Hotel murder facilitation appeal in Dublin Facilitating a criminal organisation · Co. Dublin

  David Byrne, a 33-year-old Irish man from Crumlin, was shot dead at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall, Dublin 9, on 5 February 2016 when five men, three disguised as armed gardaí carrying AK-47 assault rifles, stormed the building during a boxing weigh-in in an attack intended to kill Daniel Kinahan. Gerard Hutch, 59, of Clontarf, Dublin, was extradited from Spain in September 2021 and charged with murder, while Jonathan Dowdall, 44, a former Sinn Féin councillor, and his father Patrick Dowdall, 65, pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder by booking a hotel room the night before. The Special Criminal Court acquitted Hutch of murder in April 2023, finding the key prosecution witness Dowdall unreliable, while convicting Paul Murphy, 61, and Jason Bonney, 50, of facilitating the attack by providing getaway vehicles. Murphy was sentenced to nine years and Bonney to eight-and-a-half years in May 2023, and the Court of Appeal rejected their conviction appeals in November 2025. The Supreme Court dismissed Bonney's further appeal on 21 July 2026, leaving the convictions and sentences intact.

  Sentenced, 17 Oct 2022Accused, suspect · 4 reports

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1. 27 Oct2022
   In courtthejournal.ie, in Supreme Court dismisses Regency Hotel murder facilitation appeal in Dublin

   Surveillance garda saw Gerry Hutch and Dowdall meet man later caught with AK-47s, court hears

   suspect, Patrick Hutch Senior, male, named, irish (judged from name)Patrick Hutch Senior♂IE
2. 27 Oct2022
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Supreme Court dismisses Regency Hotel murder facilitation appeal in Dublin

   Court told Hutch and Dowdall seen with man caught with AK-47 rifles used in Regency attack

   suspect, Patrick Hutch Senior, male, named, irish (judged from name)Patrick Hutch Senior♂IE
3. 26 Oct2022
   In courtdublinlive.ie, in Supreme Court dismisses Regency Hotel murder facilitation appeal in Dublin

   Hutch trial shown CCTV alleged to be of him and Jonathan Dowdall

   accused, Patrick Hutch Senior, male, named, irish (judged from name)Patrick Hutch Senior♂IE
4. 25 Oct2022
   In courtthejournal.ie, in Supreme Court dismisses Regency Hotel murder facilitation appeal in Dublin

   Court views CCTV of what State claims is Hutch and Dowdall travelling to Northern Ireland

   suspect, Patrick Hutch Senior, male, named, irish (judged from name)Patrick Hutch Senior♂IE

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