Hutch fails in bid to have taped conversations with Jonathan Dowdall in North ruled inadmissible

Gerry Hutch's defence team had sought to have the recordings of his conversations with Mr Dowdall while they were travelling to Northern Ireland on March 7, 2016, ruled inadmissible

A prison van under Garda escort arriving to the Special Criminal Court on Friday morning, where the trial of Gerry Hutch for the murder of David Byrne, continues. Picture: Collins Courts

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has failed in his bid to have the taped recordings of his conversations with former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall in Northern Ireland ruled inadmissible.

This is despite the three-judge court ruling the evidence of these recordings while the pair were in Northern Ireland were unlawfully obtained.