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Garda Chief Defends Regency Murder Investigation as Crackdown Delivers Zero Gangland Shootings

Gardaí credit a sustained crackdown for weakening the Hutch and Kinahan groups, noting progress despite no conviction for David Byrne’s killing.

Overview

  • At a Dublin briefing, Detective Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland said the absence of a murder conviction is not a policing failure.
  • Garda figures for 2025 report zero gangland gun murders, 98 Hutch and Kinahan members jailed, and 51 attempted hits foiled.
  • Investigators say 17 people have been arrested in the Regency probe, with four men convicted for offences linked to the attack and a fifth sentenced over firearms matters.
  • Boland said the Kinahan cartel no longer operates as it did in 2016, while the Hutch group remains active and under investigation.
  • Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis called the 2016 hotel attack an assault on the state, and Gerry “The Monk” Hutch was acquitted of David Byrne’s murder in 2023.