Conspiracy to murder to be given maximum of life in prison

Maximum sentence for conspiracy to murder to rise from 10 years to life

Imre Arakas, 62, was jailed by the Special Criminal Court for six years in December 2018, after he admitted to conspiring with others to murder James Gately in Northern Ireland between April 3 and 4, 2017.

Laws providing for possible life sentences for conspiracy to murder are due to be published before the summer.

Garda investigations into organised crime, including the Kinahan cartel, have been frustrated by the current maximum sentence of 10 years available for conspiracy to murder.