Gardaí 'in the process of dismantling' Kinahan cartel

Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll rejected claims by the Kinahan gang that evidence given in court against the cartel is all 'opinion'

Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll said he would leave it to the courts to decide if there was any truth in the claim by Daniel Kinahan that he would not get a fair trial if he back home. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The Garda’s top gangland investigator has rejected claims from the head of the Kinahan crime cartel that Garda evidence given in courts against cartel associates is all “opinion”.

Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll said individuals can have opinions on Garda evidence but that it was what “the courts concludes that counts”.