A three-man "hit for hire team", which included an Afghan war veteran, were planning to kill a member of the Hutch family before they were intercepted by gardaí just 250 metres from the "intended target's" home in Dublin's north inner city, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

“The column is where the stars of the 20th-century sports page usually conducted their business, and even with longform now in flower, there are still those scribes who feel the column’s magnetic pull.

Solicitor Gerald Kean has told a High Court jury he was “shell-shocked” by a front-page newspaper article concerning a visit by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin office three years ago.

There has been a surge in the number of prisoners put on protection for their own safety, with the sharpest rises in Mountjoy Prison and Cloverhill Remand Prison.

It has cost the State over an estimated €220,000 (incl VAT) in lawyers' fees from the collapsed trial of Patrick Hutch for the murder of David Byrne.

A member of the Hutch family living in fear for his safety has been jailed for breaking into the Offices of the Revenue Commissioners and assaulting a man who tried to prevent him leaving.

Patrick Hutch, who is accused of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel more than two years ago, has launched High Court proceedings over his transfer from one prison facility to another.

Murder accused Jonathan Keogh had a pair of ear plugs seized from him by gardaí for the purpose of attaining DNA evidence after he was extradited from the UK, a trial has been told.

A key witness did not grasp the “seriousness” of her situation when she made a statement to gardaí concerning the fatal shooting of Gareth Hutch, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A State witness, who was given immunity from prosecution, has been giving evidence at the trial of three people accused of murdering Gareth Hutch.

Communities living “under the power” of criminal gangs need to be supported in building up their independence and in protecting their children, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has said.

Gardaí in Dublin are dealing with more than 500 death threats.

Gardaí in Dublin are dealing with 522 “live” threats to life, with 11 of them assessed as “critical”.

Gardaí are appealing for information following a firearms seizure in Wexford on Thursday.

Two men are still being questioned by Gardaí in connection with what officers believe was another foiled murder attempt on a Hutch family member.

There is an “unprecedented” number of people before the courts or in custody on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, Garda bosses investigating the Kinahan crime cartel have said.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Derek Coakley Hutch have released CCTV images of the car they believe was used by the suspects.

The numbers of community gardaí have been axed by almost 40% in the last seven years and continue to fall in many divisions.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has warned members of the Kinahan and Hutch gangs at the centre of a spate of murders in inner city Dublin they have “no hiding place” and will be tracked down for their “brutal and heinous” murders.

Charlie Flanagan was speaking just 48 hours after the latest killing in the capital linked to the ongoing gangland feud.

As undertakers mounted the floral displays on to the top of the horse-drawn carriage, the rain turned to sleet.

This is a family, not a cartel.

Detectives are investigating if the latest gangland murder is linked to the Kinahan crime cartel.

A third nephew of Gerry Hutch has been named as the latest murder victim in the Kinahan/Hutch feud.

A man attending a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin was "relieved" when people he thought were gardaí arrived after a shooting before one of them took aim with a gun and shot a person, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

A six-man squad carried out “a resourced, carefully planned, targeted, murderous attack” at the Regency Hotel almost two years ago, a court has been told.

A rural TD says elderly people should be allowed arm themselves with a taser gun and pepper spray.

Gardaí are continuing to detain a man and a woman in Dublin, following an operation targeting gangland crime.

A hotel in Dublin at the centre of a gangland attack that shocked the nation in 2016, is rebranding after a major upgrade.

A Dublin man who was extradited from the UK to be charged with the murder of Gareth Hutch in a shooting last year will be tried in the Special Criminal Court.

A man has been extradited from the UK and charged with the murder of Gareth Hutch in Dublin's north inner city.

Antoinette Corbally is the latest bystander caught in the crossfire, says Caroline O'Doherty.

A 39-year-old woman has been sent forward for trial to the Special Criminal Court accused of the murder of Gareth Hutch who was shot dead outside his home in Dublin, writes Tom Tuite.

Garda armed units are on high alert after the Hutch gang exacted revenge on the Kinahan cartel by shooting dead a low ranking member.

Garda sources claim they repeatedly warned a man who survived a Kinahan cartel murder attempt on Wednesday to stay out of the city, but that these warnings were ignored.

Gardaí have arrested a man in Dublin today who is being described as a "world-renowned hitman".

A 29-year-old man accused of the murder of Gareth Hutch, who was shot dead getting into his car outside his home in Dublin, has been sent forward for trial to the Special Criminal Court.

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.

Latest: A man in his 60s has been shot dead as his partner looked on.

Footage has emerged of what is believed to be a suspect in the killing of Trevor O’Neill, the innocent man shot in Majorca last summer.

A 29-year-old man charged with unlawful possession of a handgun in connection with the murder of Gareth Hutch in Dublin has been further remanded in custody pending the preparation of a book of evidence.