There are 'no untouchables' warn gardaí as Kinahan lieutenant Sean McGovern jailed for 24 years

Reacting to the sentence, Noel Kirwan’s children said it would not bring their father back and asked: 'Was it really worth it, Sean?'

Detective Superintendent Dave Gallagher speaking outside court (Niall Carson/PA)

Mon, 08 Jun, 2026 - 14:03

Cillian Sherlock, Press Association

Gardaí have warned criminals there are “no untouchables” after a “senior lieutenant” in the Kinahan organised crime gang was sentenced to 24 years in prison at a Dublin court.

Sean McGovern, 40, pleaded guilty to two charges of directing the activities of a criminal organisation relating to the deadly Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud in Ireland in which he was shot.