There is an acute threat of violence hanging over part of Dublin this weekend from the Kinahan-Hutch feud as gardaí prepare a security plan for the first anniversary of the murder of Kinahan ‘lieutenant’ David Byrne.

A 29-year-old man replied “not guilty” when he was charged yesterday with the murder of Gareth Hutch, who was shot dead as he was getting into his car outside his home in Dublin.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Gareth Hutch.

Gardaí are braced for a backlash from the Hutch gang against the Kinahan cartel amid intelligence of a death threat against a senior cartel figure.

The shocking images from the Regency Hotel of gangsters dressed as elite gardaí, brandishing military assault weapons, was a “Veronica Guerin” moment for Ireland, a Garda chief has said.

It was a moment of joy in the worst of days for Preston Hutch. After following his father’s coffin the 300m or so from the front door of his grandmother’s house to the church, he released the birds on the steps of the chapel.

Two women and a man were arrested yesterday as gardaí close the net on those behind the spate of gangland murders in Dublin’s north inner city.

Gardaí can see “no immediate end” to the killing spree by the Kinahan crime cartel, which yesterday carried out its sixth murder, all aimed at the rival Hutch gang.

Community leaders in an area hardest hit by the Kinahan-Hutch feud say they have not received any contact from Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald or her officials — two weeks after they appealed to her to visit Dublin’s north inner city and reassure locals.

Cormac O’Keeffe analyses the risk of dissident republicans being dragged into Dublin’s gang warfare

Gardaí say the seizure of a cache of high-powered firearms had “saved lives”, pointing out the weapons would have been “used” repeatedly and also probably ‘rented out’.

One senior garda yesterday said it is now 3-1 to the Kinahan cartel, writes Cormac O'Keeffe

Garda checkpoints and armed patrols are back in the heartland of the Kinahan cartel in south Dublin to prevent retaliation for the “barbaric” murder of Hutch associate Noel Duggan.

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Gardaí believe they have made a major breakthrough in the investigation into the Regency Hotel murder of gang boss David Byrne.

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch returned to Dublin at the weekend to attend a christening.

Gardaí are gathering together all their evidence before they arrest two key members of the gang involved in the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel over a fortnight ago.

Amid the pleas for a return to normality in inner city Dublin, the Hutch family tried to lead by example.

A DOZEN limousines, outriders on Harley Davidson motorbikes, a remote-controlled toy BMW car, an €18,000 platinum coffin, horse-drawn carriages, and a lone piper.

A priest at the funeral of David Byrne has pleaded for an end to the bloodshed that has left communities gripped with fear amid the latest escalation in gangland violence.

Gardaí are monitoring an estimated 80 members of rival feuding gangs as they brace themselves for two funerals next week.

Gardaí are operating “in-your-face policing” at the homes of more than 40 criminals linked to the cartel blamed for Monday’s gangland murder of Eddie Hutch in Dublin’s north inner city.

Gardaí predict that a powerful criminal outfit will seek revenge for the gangland murder of Gary Hutch in southern Spain on Thursday.

A NEPHEW of one of Dublin’s most notorious criminals has received a 10-year sentence for killing a Co Meath man and causing serious harm to another over three years ago on St Stephen’s day.

ONE of Ireland’s most famous criminals, Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has claimed he did not make his fortune from any involvement in two of the biggest robberies in the history of the State, but from shrewd property investments.

A DISTRAUGHT mother last night called for the body of her beloved son to be exhumed, almost two years after his death.

A distraught mother called for the body of her beloved son to be exhumed tonight almost two years after his death.

A MULTI-MILLION euro Dublin city centre property which belonged to two prominent criminals has been put on the market by the Criminal Assets Bureau.