Overview

• An Irish Air Corps Airbus C295 aircraft landed in Dublin on Thursday carrying the 39-year-old, who is accused of directing the Kinahan cartel’s criminal network.
• McGovern has been held in Dubai since October under an Interpol red notice and is wanted for the 2016 murder of Noel Kirwan.
• His transfer was arranged through a one-off agreement between Irish and UAE officials ahead of an extradition treaty that took effect on May 18 but does not apply retroactively.
• He is scheduled to appear before Ireland’s special criminal court to be formally charged with murder and directing organised crime.
• Irish investigators are pursuing extradition of cartel founder Christy Kinahan and his sons from Dubai, while the US maintains sanctions and a $5 million reward for Kinahan figures.