Books of evidence served on four men in Regency Hotel shooting investigation

David Byrne was shot dead at the hotel in February 2016 after five men, three disguised as armed gardaí, stormed the building.

Gardaí at the scene of the fatal shooting of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel, Dublin, in 2016. Photo: Collins

Gardaí have served books of evidence on four men, including a former Sinn Féin councillor, who are charged in connection with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016.

Mr Byrne was shot dead at the hotel on the Swords Road in Dublin in February 2016 after five men, three disguised as armed gardaí, stormed the building. Today at the Special Criminal Court Garda Paul Doyle served the books of evidence on the four men and the prosecution also made available to them exhibits that include a CCTV montage.