{"id":427127,"date":"2026-05-01T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427127\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:08:09","slug":"no-question-daniel-kinahan-will-consider-jailbreak-once-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427127\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No question’ Daniel Kinahan will consider jailbreak once in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is \u201cno question\u201d that Daniel Kinahan will give serious consideration to escaping from prison once he is back in Ireland, a leading crime journalist has predicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, Kinahan was arrested in Dubai on the orders of an Irish court and is thought to be languishing in the UAE\u2019s notorious Al Awir Central prison – which has previously been described as the Arab world\u2019s \u2018Alcatraz\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once he is deported back to Ireland, it is likely he will be held in Portlaoise Prison<\/a>, where the State has typically held the most dangerous inmates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many high profile republicans were detained in Portlaoise during the Troubles and the prison retains a number of high security features.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite this, inmates have been known to plot jailbreaks from within the prison\u2019s walls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds mad when you talk about prison breakouts and you sound as if you’re operating on a different planet,\u201d Crime World\u2019s Nicola Tallant told The Claire Byrne Show<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in actual fact, an associate of Kinnahan, a guy called Naoufal Fassih, a Dutch man who was lifted here in Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was held initially in Portlaoise prison, while the Dutch authorities looked to bring him back only in recent years on a trial for a number of gangland murders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a plan to break him out and the plan was unraveled by Garda\u00ed by Dutch police.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\" A wnated poster of Christopher Kinahan Jnr , Daniel Kinahan and Christopher Vincent Kinahan. Picture by: Gareth Chaney\/ Collins Photos.<\/p>\n

To most people, the idea of plotting to escape from prison sounds like a nonsensical idea given the vast resources of the State.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, given Kinahan could realistically expect to spend the rest of his life behind bars if convicted of multiple serious offences, why wouldn\u2019t he try to flee?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds very fantasy,\u201d Ms Tallant said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds a bit silly, would the game not be up when they’re actually arrested and jailed?<\/p>\n

\u201cBut these people are living in quite a fantasy world; there is no question they could attempt something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

As one of the world\u2019s most well-known gangland figures, Kinahan is expected to be brought back on an Air Corps plane and taken straight to the Special Criminal Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is also highly likely to be isolated from the general prison population.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Members of the Hutch Organised Crime Gang are imprisoned in Mountjoy – but Kinahan might have other enemies in Portlaoise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’ve also got the fact that Daniel Kinahan would be a target himself,\u201d Ms Tallant added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, within the prison walls, they want to keep him safe too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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