Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has been charged with the murder of a man in the Regency Hotel shooting five years ago.
The 58-year-old Dubliner was brought before the Special Criminal Court Court after his extradition from Spain last night.
He was brought directly to the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin under a heavy escort of armed Gardaí to be arraigned on a charge of murder.
He's accused of the murder of David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Drumcondra on Dublin's northside on February 5th, 2016.
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A leading infectious diseases expert has warned that Ireland should not get rid of all Covid-19 restrictions in 3 weeks time.
Dr. Jack Lambert was reacting to latest figures showing that 40 people died of Covid 19 in the last week - up from 30 last week and 24 the week before.
There were also 1,453 new cases.
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The Minister for Housing is to make a presentation to cabinet about the Mica redress scheme in the coming weeks.
Darragh O'Brien met with representatives of people from Donegal and Mayo who've been affected by the defective building blocks scandal last night.
He's to present them a draft of the settlement proposals later today.
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There've been celebrations outside a US court, after a judge ruled Britney Spears' father should no longer have control of her finances.
He's been her conservator since 2008, after the singer suffered a series of public breakdowns.
But the hearing in LA heard the situation now reflected a 'toxic environment' - and the entire legal agreement could be scrapped by the end of the year.
