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<p>The smart money says that Mary Lou McDonald was hesitant on the no-confidence motion against the Justice Minister because they knew that the government parties would reach for shovels to dig up its embarrassing past. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos</p>

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Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin has a lot done, but more to do for its past to be forgotten

The references made during the week in the Dáil to Sinn Féin's connections with its 'sister organisation', the Provisional IRA, are well out-of-date, but some of its recent actions don't exactly convince that it is fully committed to democracy

politics

Sinn Féin asked 'if I had any skeletons in the closet', says potential candidate

<p>Jonathan Dowdall, leaving the Special Criminal Court during the trial, with his father Patrick Dowdall. Picture: Collins Courts</p>

court and crime

Jonathan Dowdall loses appeal against severity of four-year sentence

Jonathan Dowdall 'duped' and 'put in firing line' for Regency Hotel attack, appeal court hears

court and crime

Jonathan Dowdall 'duped' and 'put in firing line' for Regency Hotel attack, appeal court hears

Mary Lou McDonald: Jonathan Dowdall 'should not have been in Sinn Féin'

news

Mary Lou McDonald: Jonathan Dowdall 'should not have been in Sinn Féin'

Coveney: Mary Lou McDonald has 'serious questions to answer' over Dowdall vetting

politics

Coveney: Mary Lou McDonald has 'serious questions to answer' over Dowdall vetting

Sinn Féin leader under pressure to clarify links with Dowdall

Sinn Féin leader under pressure to clarify links with Dowdall

Claims that the party had 'more than an inkling' about the former councillor’s background

Wed, 19 Apr, 2023

Gerry Hutch Walks Frre

Hutch trial: Five questions still to answer after The Monk's acquittal

Fine Gael was out of the stalls on Tuesday with a press release saying that Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin have further questions to answer. They are not the only ones, writes Sean Murray

Tue, 18 Apr, 2023

Gerard Hutch acquitted of Regency murder as court finds Jonathan Dowdall evidence unreliable

Gerard Hutch acquitted of Regency murder as court finds Jonathan Dowdall evidence unreliable

The non-jury court found that it could not rely on the evidence of former Sinn Féin councillor and convicted torturer Jonathan Dowdall

Mon, 17 Apr, 2023

CC Armed Garda at CCJ

Special Criminal Court to deliver judgment in Hutch trial in April

The judges said the court would notify parties if the judgment for the three accused is available before April 17 next

Thu, 26 Jan, 2023

Gerry Hutch court case

‘The Hutch gang cannot be equated with Gerard Hutch’, trial told

The prosecution told the court the covert recordings show Mr Hutch had authority over the AK-47 rifles used in the Regency Hotel attack

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

CC Armed Garda at CCJ

Hutch trial: State concludes its case as Gerry Hutch declines to take the stand

The judge today ruled licence plate evidence against Paul Murphy as inadmissible

Tue, 24 Jan, 2023

Video clip circulating online of David Byrne lying dead 'in prone state', Hutch trial hears

A voice on the video says: "There they are, there they are in the van, they're not cops, they're not cops."

Wed, 18 Jan, 2023

Gerry Hutch court case

Varadkar calls on Sinn Féin leader to explain €1,000 Dowdall donation

The Taoiseach described Dowdall as a "friend" of Ms McDonald and "somebody who would have been one of her cronies"

Wed, 18 Jan, 2023

Hutch trial: Senior garda gives evidence of four shootings from Hutch-Kinahan feud

Hutch trial: Senior garda gives evidence of four shootings from Hutch-Kinahan feud

The court also ruled that CCTV footage concerning the movement of a taxi associated with Paul Murphy can be admitted as evidence against him

Mon, 16 Jan, 2023

Gerry Hutch court case

Hutch trial hears Dowdall asked garda "is there any way out?" days after arrest

The court heard that Jonathan Dowdall's assessment for witness protection was "ongoing"

Fri, 13 Jan, 2023

Hutch trial to take 'no further steps' in resolving 'curious development'

Hutch trial to take 'no further steps' in resolving 'curious development'

The court had yesterday heard that "a curious development" had arisen which resulted in the "generation of a document" that primarily concerned Gerry Hutch

Thu, 12 Jan, 2023

CC Hutch arriving at CCJ

'Curious development' leads to 'a false start' at Gerry Hutch trial

The court heard that the trial would conclude in two weeks "subject to matters falling out of the sky"

Wed, 11 Jan, 2023

Gerry Hutch court case

Dowdall denies lying when he said Gerard Hutch confessed that he shot David Byrne

Mr Hutch's defence counsel put it to Dowdall that he dismissed his conversations with Gerard Hutch in the audio recording as "simply being talk"

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Dowdall denies being caught planning mass murder

'It's lies, it's rubbish talk trying to impress someone, there's nothing to it,' said Dowdall

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Groundhog day for Jonathan Dowdall as Gerry Hutch counsel repeats grilling

Mr Dowdall’s time in the witness box won’t be drawing to a close just yet.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Hutch trial: Jonathan Dowdall denies planning 'mass murder' on secret tapes

The former Sinn Fein councillor also denied talking on the audio tapes about getting "people whacked" and planting bombs

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

'He's terrorising my family': Heightened emotions at Hutch trial

Threat to Dowdall 'on a whole new level', court hears, as he becomes defensive under cross-examination

Fri, 16 Dec, 2022

Dowdall was a 'black swan' in Sinn Féin, says Mary Lou McDonald

Dowdall was a 'black swan' in Sinn Féin, says Mary Lou McDonald

Party leader says she did not know Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch was present at a fundraising event she attended in 2014

Fri, 16 Dec, 2022

‘I'm a law-abiding, honourable person,’ says McDonald

‘I'm a law-abiding, honourable person,’ says McDonald

Sinn Féin leader speaks about The Monk, boxing events, and her party's support for the judicial system and An Garda Síochána

Fri, 16 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Dowdall defends 'lie of necessity' in garda interview

Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA Former Sinn Féin Councillor Jonathan Dowdall has said he told a “lie out of necessity” during garda interviews in 2016 on what he knew about the Regency shooting.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Dowdall: 'You are doing your utmost best to destroy me'

Gerry Hutch's defence lawyer told the judge today that he may cross-examine Jonathan Dowdall until Wednesday next week

Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Dowdall did not know there was 'this big Hutch criminal organisation', trial told

The ex-Sinn Féin councillor also said he never knew that Patsy Hutch was involved in crime

Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

'I don't care if I'm killed; nobody will touch my children,' Dowdall tells Gerry Hutch trial

A fraught, tense day of cross-examination for State's witness Jonathan Dowdall

Wed, 14 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Jonathan Dowdall claims he was 'set up' for murder of Kinahan cartel member David Byrne

Former Sinn Féin councillor said the Hutches were 'willing to throw someone else under the bus' for the Regency Hotel murder

Wed, 14 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

'Where did you learn to waterboard somebody?' — Dowdall grilled by Hutch lawyer

Hutch trial hears how Dowdall learned waterboarding from films, and that he'd fixed a plug for an IRA man on his trip north

Tue, 13 Dec, 2022

Hutch/Kinahan feud wasn't started by 'The Monk' or Kinahans, Dowdall tells court

Hutch/Kinahan feud wasn't started by 'The Monk' or Kinahans, Dowdall tells court

Jonathan Dowdall also told the court that Gerard Hutch lied to him during a conversation that was secretly recorded

Tue, 13 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Jonathan Dowdall: Gerard Hutch said he and another man had shot David Byrne

The Regency Hotel murder trial also heard that Gerry Hutch said he "wasn't happy" about Mr Byrne being killed

Mon, 12 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Jonathan Dowdall to 'finally' give evidence against Gerry Hutch on Monday

Mr Hutch denies the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022

Court rules Jonathan Dowdall can give evidence against Gerry Hutch

Court rules Jonathan Dowdall can give evidence against Gerry Hutch

Supreme Court judges delivers ruling on a defence application challenging the admissibility of evidence to be given by ex-Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall, who was a former co-accused of Mr Hutch

Thu, 08 Dec, 2022

Dropping of Dowdall's murder charge 'powerful incentive' for giving statement on Hutch

Dropping of Dowdall's murder charge 'powerful incentive' for giving statement on Hutch

Jonathan Dowdall also engaged in a 'very careful choreography' to ensure that only after his murder charge was dropped did he commit to making a statement in writing, Special Criminal Court heard

Wed, 07 Dec, 2022

Gerry Hutch court case

Dowdall told gardaí he felt under threat from Hutch and Kinahan gangs, murder trial hears

Hutch's defence team is challenging admissibility of evidence to be given by former SF councillor

Mon, 05 Dec, 2022

Jerry Hutch Gangsters Criminals

Monk falls silent as judges rule against him in bugging battle

Judge ruled the evidence on the tapes gathered in the North was unlawful and this was 'significant', but said they ought to be included into evidence 'in the interest of justice'

Fri, 02 Dec, 2022

Blow for Gerry Hutch as 'unlawfully' taped conversations admitted in 'interests of justice'

Blow for Gerry Hutch as 'unlawfully' taped conversations admitted in 'interests of justice'

Mr Hutch's defence lawyer said he wished to raise an issue on the admissibility of evidence to be given by Jonathan Dowdall

Fri, 02 Dec, 2022

Hutch's defence: State has 'danced around' jurisdiction issue

Hutch's defence: State has 'danced around' jurisdiction issue

Counsel said that the prosecution was asking the court to put a 'strange' and 'very wrong' interpretation on the Criminal Justice Surveillance Act 2009

Tue, 29 Nov, 2022

Hutch trial: Defence bugging claim ‘a cloud’

Hutch trial: Defence bugging claim ‘a cloud’

Prosecution said once a surveillance device is placed and retrieved lawfully on a car within this jurisdiction, "then it does not matter a damn where the vehicle was in the meantime"

Mon, 28 Nov, 2022

Sinn Fein press conference

Daniel McConnell: Mary Lou on the backfoot as Sinn Féin forced to explain

Having to deny purported links to gangland crime figures is denting the Sinn Féin leader's efforts to woo middle Ireland

Mon, 28 Nov, 2022

BRENDAN GREHAN SC; REGENCY TRIAL; GERRY HUTCH

Gardaí sought permission for bugging device amid 'culture of secrecy', Hutch trial told

The defence is objecting to the admissibility of almost eight hours of the contents of a 10-hour audio recording of conversations between Gerry Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall

Fri, 25 Nov, 2022

REGENCY TRIAL; PRISON VAN; GERRY HUTCH

The Kinihans, Sinn Féin, Uzi firearms: What Dowdall and Hutch discussed on road trip

While not referred to by name at the close of Thursday's proceedings, the next “significant” witness in this case will be Jonathan Dowdall

Thu, 24 Nov, 2022

REGENCY TRIAL; PRISON VAN; GERRY HUTCH

Hutch would be happy 'with just a few quid under the radar', trial hears

Special Criminal Court heard final 45 minutes of a 10-hour audio recording of conversations between Gerry Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall

Thu, 24 Nov, 2022

Dowdall criticised Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald for not attending Hutch funeral, trial told

Dowdall criticised Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald for not attending Hutch funeral, trial told

Former Sinn Féin Councillor Jonathan Dowdall criticised party leader Mary Lou McDonald for not attending the funeral of murdered man Edward 'Neddy' Hutch and told his brother, Regency Hotel murder accused Gerard Hutch: "But ya's were good enough to ...

Wed, 23 Nov, 2022

REGENCY TRIAL; PRISON VAN; GERRY HUTCH

The three wise men? Yokes? The million-dollar man? What is it Gerry Hutch finds so funny?

Regency Hotel accused laughs in court as he hears tapes of a conversation — apparently between him and Jonathan Dowdall — after a bid to get republicans to broker a gangland ceasefire

Wed, 23 Nov, 2022

Hutch: ‘Cops like headless chickens’

Hutch: ‘Cops like headless chickens’

The trial also heard two men in the audio discuss, bombs, Danil Kinahan, politics and celebrities

Tue, 22 Nov, 2022

REGENCY TRIAL; PRISON VAN; GERRY HUTCH

Mix tape: Hutch case audio covers violence, politics and even the Monk's musical tastes

'Mary, I’m after being dragged here, are you aware of that' Dowdall appealed after probing from Sinn Féin staffer

Tue, 22 Nov, 2022

Funeral of David Byrne

Hutch tapes: Daniel Kinahan 'in a f**kin heap' and 'cops like headless chickens', court hears

Gerry Hutch can also be heard in the audio recording saying he liked Imelda May

Tue, 22 Nov, 2022