'The Hutch gang cannot be equated with Gerard Hutch': the Regency Hotel trial in full

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, detailed evidence emerged concerning the February 2016 Regency Hotel shooting, which claimed the life of David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in attended by approximately 250 people, including children. Prosecution witnesses, including photographers and boxing officials, described how armed assailants disguised as Emergency Response Unit gardaí entered the hotel and opened fire, with pathology evidence indicating Byrne sustained catastrophic injuries from six gunshots. The court heard CCTV footage showed six assailants fleeing to St Vincent's GAA club within minutes, escaping via vehicles to the Malahide Road. Surveillance evidence placed Gerard Hutch in meetings with individuals connected to the assault rifles subsequently recovered from a vehicle near Slane, County Meath in March 2016. The three weapons were matched to cartridges from the murder scene. Shane Rowan, identified as a key figure in moving the rifles, received a sentence of seven and a half years for firearms possession in July 2016. The trial addressed the Kinahan-Hutch organised crime feud, with evidence linking individuals across Dublin, Donegal, and Monaghan to the operation.