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CAB to sell high-end cars seized from former Real IRA member Nathan Kinsella

Date
2026-02-18
Stage
Sentence
Primary locality
Dublin
County
Dublin

Summary

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) was granted High Court permission to sell three high-end vehicles, a BMW M2, a BMW M3, and an Audi Q7, seized from former Real IRA member Nathan Kinsella. Barrister Daragh Breen BL, representing the CAB, described the cars as assets of "very high worth" and in depreciation. Mr Justice Liam Kennedy granted the application to appoint a CAB receiver to sell the vehicles, with proceeds to be held pending a substantive hearing. The matter was adjourned to next month. Kinsella, of Blackrock, Co Dublin, was not present. In 2024, Kinsella pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to furnish tax returns for capital acquisitions tax in 2018, 2019, and 2020. He was sentenced to one year in prison. Previously, in 2014, the Special Criminal Court sentenced him to two years for membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA, for acts committed on September 13, 2012. Kinsella has 17 previous convictions, including road traffic offences and impeding a prosecution.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: CAB to sell high-end cars seized from former Real IRA member Nathan Kinsella. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

Case subjects

Republican Army

Convicted Person

Outcome: Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on September 13, 2012 and was sentenced to two years.

Places mentioned

Court Venue
  • High Court
  • Special Criminal Court
Facility
  • Tasaggart House
Secondary Mention
Incident

Topics

Road Traffic Stage Sentence

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