Jonathan Dowdall pleads guilty to facilitating Regency murder

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Jonathan Dowdall pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Special Criminal Court on 28 September 2022. The offence involved making a room available at the Regency Hotel in Dublin on 4 February 2016.

Dowdall and his father, Patrick, also pleaded guilty to contributing to activity intended or reckless as to whether it could facilitate a serious offence by a criminal organisation. The charge related to making the room available for the organisation or its members.