Gardaí back tougher laws on conspiracy to murder charges

The Cabinet agreed to tougher laws on the back of successive convictions in the courts of senior associates of the Kinahan crime cartel

At least six Kinahan associates have been jailed for conspiracy, four of them in relation to a plot to murder Gary Hanley in November 2017.

Senior gardaí have welcomed Government moves to extend the maximum possible sentence for conspiracy to murder from ten years to life imprisonment, saying some of those involved are among the "most dangerous" criminals in operation.

The Cabinet agreed to the measure on the back of successive convictions in the courts of senior associates of the Kinahan crime cartel, all of whom received sentences of below 10 years for the conspiracy offence.