Former Sinn Féin councillor charged with Regency Hotel murder at Special Criminal Court

A view of the Regency Hotel in Dublin after one man died and two others were injured following a shooting incident at the hotel where a weigh-in for a boxing match was taking place in 2016. File picture. 

A former Sinn Féin councillor has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016.

Mr Byrne was shot dead at the hotel on the Swords Rd in Dublin, in February 2016 after five men, three disguised as armed gardaí, stormed the building.