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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Ireland’s gangland trial of century set to begin in Dublin

A police officer stands outside the special criminal court.
A police officer stands outside the special criminal court. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Reuters

Armed police, members of the underworld and a fascinated public are expected to converge on a Dublin courthouse this week for what has been dubbed Ireland’s gangland trial of the century.

Gerry “the Monk” Hutch, 58, a prominent crime boss, is to be tried for a 2016 murder that fuelled a lethal feud between rival gangs that still simmers six years later.

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