A "whitewashing attempt" by Daniel Kinahan can't be allowed to succeed, according to a Fine Gael TD.
Kinahan was thanked yesterday by British boxer Tyson Fury after securing a world heavyweight fight with Anthony Joshua.
Kinahan, who now lives in the Middle East, has previously been linked in the High Court to the Kinahan organised crime gang which has trafficked guns and drugs.
Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, Neale Richmond, says he's not a legitimate boxing promoter
"There's a strong and growing relationship between Ireland and the UAE.
"There's quite a number of people living in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai, and it's something I know the Emiratis want to encourage.
"But we have to make sure they know that there is someone working supposedly under the veneer of a legitimate boxing promoter in their jurisdiction, who really underneath the surface is one of the worst gangsters the state has ever seen."
