Garda Headquarters and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) are to carry out separate inquiries into the collapse of the trial on Wednesday of Patrick Hutch for the Regency Hotel murder of David Byrne. Det Supt Fox was found dead in his office at Ballymun Garda station last February after the trial of Patrick Hutch had already begun. But when Kinahan fled the hotel, Byrne was shot dead and two other men were wounded. Gardaí fear the collapse of the murder trial will lead to a fresh wave of Kinahan on Hutch violence. But when Det Supt Fox died the case was thrown into doubt and after lengthy adjournments it came to an end on Wednesday.

Source: The Irish Times February 21, 2019 00:56 UTC