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Senior Kinahan cartel member Patrick Curtis and Sligo gang boss Barry Young have been caught with mobile phones in Portlaoise Prison after raids this week.
9 men have appeared in court charged in connection with a number of incidents in Tallaght last night. The men, aged between 20 and 47 appeared before a special sitting of the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning.
Crime Correspondent
A gunman for the Kinahan organised crime group, who tried to murder a rival Hutch gang member almost three years ago, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Caolan Smyth, a father-of-three, from Cuileann Court, Donore in Co Meath shot James Gately five times on 10 May 2017.
A second man, 53-year-old Gary McAreavey, of Gort Nua, Station Road, Castlebellingham, Co Louth, who is not in any criminal gang, helped burn out the getaway car.
He was jailed today for three years.
Smyth, 29, had Mr Gately under surveillance and followed him to the Topaz Petrol station near Dublin Airport, where he shot one of the Kinahan gang s top targets.