Gardaí 'had eyes' on Hutch and Dowdall's trip to North, court told 

Evidence given by National Surveillance Unit members demonstrates depth of surveillance undertaken in aftermath of Regency shooting

A prison van under heavy Garda escort leaves the Special Criminal Court where the trial of Gerry Hutch, for the murder of David Byrne, continues. PIC: Collins Courts

On two occasions that Gerard Hutch is alleged to have gone on a northbound journey with Jonathan Dowdall in February and March 2016, they were the subject of extensive Garda surveillance.

Day nine of the trial of Hutch, charged with the murder of David Byrne on 5 February 2016, heard again from garda members attached to the covert National Surveillance Unit (NSU) on what they saw and when on key dates after the events in the Regency Hotel.