Gardaí are set to put a major security operation in place for the funeral of Derek Coakley-Hutch who was shot dead near Cloverhill Prison, west Dublin, at the weekend. Security is also expected to be stepped up around the Criminal Courts of Justice in central Dublin on Monday where the trial of Patrick Hutch, for a Kinahan-Hutch feud-related murder is under way. He is accused at the Special Criminal Court of the shooting dead of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel, north Dublin, in February, 2016. Coakley-Hutch was a nephew of Gerry Hutch, the veteran north inner city Dublin criminal known as The Monk. Another uncle, Eddie Hutch, as well as two cousins – Gary and Gareth – have been shot dead as part of the Kinahan-Hutch feud.

Source: The Irish Times January 22, 2018 01:52 UTC