Senior Kinahan cartel member pleads guilty to directing criminal organisation

Sean McGovern was injured during the attack at the Regency Hotel in 2016

Sean McGovern was the first person to be extradited to Ireland from the United Arab Emirates. Picture: Garda.ie

Senior Kinahan cartel member Sean McGovern, who last summer became the first person to be extradited to Ireland from the United Arab Emirates, has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing a criminal organisation.

McGovern appeared via videolink before the non-jury court, when prosecution counsel Dominic McGinn said the defendant could be arraigned on two charges.