{"id":409892,"date":"2026-04-21T11:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409892\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:16:08","slug":"gardai-in-recovery-after-years-of-policing-bloody-kinahan-hutch-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409892\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed &#8216;in recovery&#8217; after years of policing bloody Kinahan-Hutch feud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed are in \u201crecovery\u201d mode after years of policing the Kinahan-Hutch feud, a Garda detective has said.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Kinahan, the head of the Kinahan organised crime group which is still one of Europe\u2019s biggest drug trafficking cartels, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/courtandcrime\/arid-41829485.html\">was arrested in Dubai last Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 48-year-old, originally from Dublin, had been living in the United Arab Emirates for years. He was arrested on foot of an Irish arrest warrant after years of Garda investigations into the cartel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Detective Garda Niall Hodgins broke down in tears at the Garda Representative Association (GRA) annual conference in Westport, Co Mayo, yesterday as he spoke about Kinahan\u2019s arrest and the death of the senior officer who investigated the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI\u2019m getting a bit choked up here because for a long number of years members in my division, for a long number of years, about 10 in total, I think it\u2019s poignant at this stage that you recognise the efforts of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/spotlight\/arid-40705568.html\">assistant commissioner John O\u2019Driscoll<\/a> in respect of this matter,&#8221; said Det Garda Hodgins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            He was a fantastic policeman and it\u2019s such a shame that he wasn\u2019t here to witness what happened last week.\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Det Garda Hodgins, who operates in Dublin\u2019s Mountjoy Station, said officers who policed the bloody Kinahan-Hutch feud, which claimed 18 lives across Dublin North Central, are now recovering after years of fear and bloodshed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI want to commend the Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly and his team in this particular matter. But in respect of the members that I represent in respect of this feud for near on a decade there now, clearly they take away from them a sense of pride,&#8221; said Mr Hodgins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            We came through a very difficult period in the guards over the last number of years.\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;In fact I would say we\u2019re in a state at the moment of &#8216;respair&#8217;, which is a recovery from a state of absolute despair in Dublin\u2019s north inner city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWhat was required was resipiscence, which is a complete change of direction from where we were before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;We have hope, we look forward to what the new Garda Commissioner is going to bring and we will enjoy engaging with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Garda Commissioner and justice minister Jim O\u2019Callaghan will be in attendance at the GRA conference today, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The GRA represents 11,000 rank-and-file garda\u00ed in a force of approximately 14,500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are in \u201crecovery\u201d mode after years of policing the Kinahan-Hutch feud, a Garda detective has said. 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