Mix tape: Hutch case audio covers violence, politics and even the Monk's musical tastes

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A prison van under Garda escort leaves the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday where the trial of Gerry Hutch, for the murder of David Byrne, is continuing. Picture: Collins Courts

There were just a few sounds heard in courtroom 11 of the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin for much of today.

There was the furious typing on laptops and scribbling in notebooks from journalists trying to keep up. And there were the men the State alleges are Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall chatting at great length on March 7, 2016, in Mr Dowdall’s vehicle, which had been bugged by the gardaí.