Media tipped off days before Regency hotel attack but gardaí deny having information

Six days before the horrific attack at the Regency Hotel, it was reported that senior criminals had flown to Dublin to attend boxing events.

Almost a week before David Byrne was shot dead in front of crowds attending the weigh-in, national media had been tipped off that members of the Kinahan gang had arrived in from Spain. It was suggested that tensions were high between various criminal cartels.

Last Friday as the six armed men — at least one dressed as a woman — arrived at the Regency Hotel in Drumcondra, a number of crime journalists and photographers were there to record the horrific daylight shooting.