Gardaí: 30 murder plots foiled since Regency

Gardaí have intervened in more than 30 potential murders since the Regency Hotel attack late last summer.

Assistant Garda Commissioner John O’Driscoll said the increased resources at the Special Crime Operations unit have led to numerous lives being saved since the Hutch-Kinahan feud escalated on Irish soil with the murder of David Byrne at the Dublin hotel in August 2016.

“We’re talking about in excess of 30 circumstances where we have intervened where life could have been lost,” said Mr O’Driscoll said yesterday.