He said he can do nothing.

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.

Gardaí are investigating reports a gunman shot dead an innocent homeless man in a reckless attempt to murder his intended target.

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

Welcome to your Thursday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

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.

FROM tantrums and tiaras to bargain-bin brides, customers seeking cut-price wedding gowns at a liquidation sale yesterday were in far chipper mood than the angry women who last month lost money after the closure of a bridal shop.

A FIANNA FÁIL senator under investigation by the Flood Tribunal said he would take money from anybody, with the possible exception of gangsters, in order to get elected.

THE man dubbed the Elliot Ness of Irish crime-fighting has retired as chief legal adviser to the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB).

THE Government has serious questions to answer over its failure to impose controls on the issuing of taxi licences to gangland figures in the aftermath of its headlong rush to deregulate the industry.

The former underworld criminal figure known as "The Monk" has been granted the right to a taxi licence by Dublin District Court.