The feud between the Kinahan cartel and Hutch mob was initially sparked by the cold-blooded hit on Gary Hutch in Spain in 2015.
However, it was the attack at a boxing weigh-in event in Dublin’s Regency Hotel in February 2016 – which left Kinahan mobster David Byrne dead – that really ignited the gang war.
Daniel Kinahan was believed to have been the target, but he escaped and fled to Dubai.
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Here are the 18 murders resulting from the feud which shocked the nation:
1. September 24, 2015: Gary Hutch, 34, is shot dead in Miraflores, southern Spain. Killed by the Kinahans, he is the first victim of the feud.
2. December 30: Darren Kearns, 33, is shot dead in Cumiskey’s pub car park on Dublin’s Blackhorse Avenue. The Kinahans wrongly believed he was involved in an attempt on Daniel Kinahan’s life a month earlier.
3. February 5, 2016: David Byrne, 33, is shot dead by the Hutch gang as he attends the weigh-in with Daniel Kinahan, 39, at the Regency.
4. February 8: Eddie Hutch Snr, 58, a brother of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, is murdered outside his home in Dublin’s north inner city by a four-man Kinahan hit team.
5. February 29: Vinnie Ryan, 25, is blasted to death at McKee Road, Finglas, Dublin. His murder has now been linked to the feud.
6. March 23: Monk pal Noel Duggan, 55, is shot dead at his home in Ratoath, Meath.
7. April 14: Innocent homeless man Martin O’Rourke is shot dead in Sheriff Street, Dublin, in a case of mistaken identity.
8. April 25: Michael Barr, 34, shot dead at the Sunset House bar, central Dublin. The Kinahans believed he supplied Regency weapons.
9. May 24: Gareth Hutch, 35, killed by Kinahans at Avondale House, central Dublin.
10. July 1: Daithi Douglas, 54, shot dead in Dublin city. The cartel wrongly believed he tried to kill Daniel Kinahan.
11. August 17: Innocent man Trevor O’Neill, 40, is gunned down in Mallorca, southern Spain. The true target is Jonathan Hutch.
12. December 2: Kinahan hitman Glen Clarke is found shot in a car in Leixlip, Co Kildare.
13. December 22: Monk pal Noel Kirwan, 62, shot dead at his partner’s house in Clondalkin.
14. May 31, 2017: Michael Keogh, 37, shot dead by the Hutch gang in inner city Dublin.
15. October 28: Hutch associate Jamie Tighe is blasted to death in Coolock, Dublin. His murder has recently been linked to the feud.
16. December 2: Noel Kirwan’s son Kane McCormack, 24, is found in a Dunboyne field in Meath shot in the head.
17. January 20, 2018: Derek Coakley Hutch is shot dead at the Bridgeview halting site in Dublin. Kinahans thought to be responsible.
18. January 31: Hutch hitman Jason ‘Buda’ Molyneux is shot dead at James Larkin House.
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