Regency shooting: Photograph the one loose thread they couldn’t have hoped for

Cormac O’Keeffe says that while the photograph offers clear images of the gunmen’s faces, their identities are not known

The mistake by the ‘couple’ could be the thread which will help gardaí unravel the gang behind the Regency Hotel assault last Friday.

When the two men, one dressed as a woman, exited the Drumcondra hotel, each carrying a handgun, little did they expect that a press photographer would be taking their images.