Assistant Garda Commissioner: 'Nobody’s untouchable, however far away they are'

The shocking images from the Regency Hotel of gangsters dressed as elite gardaí, brandishing military assault weapons, was a “Veronica Guerin” moment for Ireland, a Garda chief has said.

Assistant Commissioner Michael O’Sullivan warned the bosses of the Kinahan cartel, who consider themselves untouchable, like the Gilligan gang before them, that “nobody’s untouchable, however far away they are”.

Speaking on the 20th anniversary of the murder of Ms Guerin, Mr O’Sullivan said the success of the investigation into her death showed the benefits of “pumping resources” into the force, as had the operations into the Kinahan-Hutch feud murders.