Platinum coffins and luxury cars: Vulgar displays of wealth by crime gangs eyed up by CAB

The vulgar display of wealth on display in working-class Dublin was shocking, if not surprising.

Regency Hotel victim David Byrne’s funeral cortege boasted two hearses and 10 stretched limousines. Each of the limos cost €450 for the day.

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