5-day Garda op for David Byrne funeral

A massive five-day security operation is set to begin this evening for the funeral next Monday of gangland victim David Byrne.

The move comes after it emerged the Government’s high-profile new armed emergency response unit will not be in place for six months and as the Irish Examiner obtained footage of the scenes before gardaí arrived following Mr Byrne’s murder, showing the assassins escaping.

The remains of Mr Byrne were released to undertakers yesterday and are due to be brought to the family home in Crumlin, south Dublin, either this evening or early tomorrow morning.