'Senior member' of Kinahan gang gets 11 years for directing attempted hit of Hutch member

Peter Keating was involved in the "ongoing targeting" of Gately since the shooting of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel attack

Following the Regency Hotel attack in which Kinahan gang member David Byrne was shot dead, James 'Mago' Gately was one of a number of members of the Hutch organisation who were targeted by the Kinahans. File photo from 2016 of a Garda outside the hotel. Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins

Senior Kinahan cartel member Peter Keating, who pleaded guilty to directing the activities of the crime group in their failed attempt to murder Hutch gang member James 'Mago' Gately, has been jailed for 11 years at the Special Criminal Court today.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt today said that Keating (40) was a "senior" and "trusted" member of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group.