{"id":629367,"date":"2026-08-10T00:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/629367\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T00:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:32:21","slug":"i-think-we-know-i-wont-be-getting-bail-daniel-kinahan-charged-with-directing-organised-crime-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/629367\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I think we know I won\u2019t be getting bail\u2019: Daniel Kinahan charged with directing organised crime \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Kinahan has been charged with directing an organised crime group between 2015 and 2017. He appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Sunday evening amid an extensive security operation as crowds gathered outside to catch a glimpse of the alleged gang leader.<\/p>\n

The sitting began just after 8pm, less than two hours after Kinahan\u2019s extradition from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the Government jet, which landed at Casement Aerodrome, Co Dublin.<\/p>\n

Dressed in a black hoodie top, black tracksuit bottoms and white trainers, the 49-year-old looked older in person than in the most recent images of him in circulation in the media. He surveyed the court, which was packed with Garda members, journalists and members of the public, throughout the 15-minute hearing.<\/p>\n

\"DanielDaniel Kinahan (back, right) leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on Sunday, where he was remanded in custody charged with directing an organised crime group, after being extradited from Dubai. Photograph: Mark Marlow\/PA Wire <\/p>\n

At the start of the hearing Judge Patrick McGrath addressed Kinahan, who immediately stood up, and asked him if it was correct he was not legally represented.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, that\u2019s correct, your honour. I didn\u2019t have time to arrange anything,\u201d he said, saying he had been in isolation since last Friday, on remand in a Dubai prison, in advance of his extradition on Sunday. \u201cI assumed a family member would have contacted some legal representation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ArmedArmed garda\u00ed outside the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Sunday evening. Photograph: Conor \u00d3 Mear\u00e1in\/Collins <\/p>\n

It was also explained to him by McGrath that if he was to apply for bail then that application would have to be made to the High Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand. I think we know I won\u2019t be getting bail, but thank you for explaining that, judge,\u201d he told McGrath.<\/p>\n

Kinahan also said \u201cI understand everything, thank you, your honour\u201d, when he was told he would appear again on October 5th and would have time to put in place a legal team before that date.<\/p>\n

When the judge gave him the option of appearing in court at his next scheduled appearance by video-link, rather than in person, Kinahan replied: \u201cDo I have to decide now, your honour?\u201d<\/p>\n

Kinahan was told he could give his decision before the next sitting.<\/p>\n

\"DanielDaniel Kinahan <\/p>\n

He faces a single charge of \u201cdirecting the activities of a criminal organisation\u201d between October 18th, 2015, and April 6th, 2017.<\/p>\n

The alleged offence is contrary to section 71a of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, as amended by the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act, 2009, and as applied by section 74 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, as amended by the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009.<\/p>\n

Det Sgt Colin Davidson of the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau told the three-judge court he arrested Kinahan at 6.49pm on Sunday at Casement Aerodrome. He said he explained the charge to him and that Kinahan replied he understood what had been said.<\/p>\n

Davidson said he handed Kinahan a copy of the charge sheet later on Sunday, in the court building just before the hearing, and explained it to him in clear language.<\/p>\n

When the hearing ended, Kinahan was taken by garda\u00ed, travelling in a convoy of vehicles, to Portlaoise Prison, where he is to remain on remand pending his trial unless granted bail. A section of the landing in the jail, which would normally accommodate about eight prisoners, has been cleared for him. <\/p>\n

The married father of five earlier on Sunday became the first Irish person extradited from the UAE under a new permanent extradition treaty, which came into force last year. He has lived in Dubai with his wife and children for the last 10 years and has not been in Ireland during that period.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Government jet carrying Daniel Kinahan landing at Casement Aerodrome on Sunday. Photograph: Damien Eagers\/PA Wire <\/p>\n

Kinahan was brought back to Dublin on the Government jet, flown by Air Corps personnel and with a team of garda\u00ed on board. He was arrested in Dubai in April on foot of an extradition request from Ireland and had been in custody there until extradited on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Kinahan has been charged with directing an organised crime group between 2015 and 2017. He appeared before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,73168,55616,3819,52,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,55624,7,8,389],"class_list":["post-629367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-criminal-courts","tag-daniel-kinahan","tag-dubai","tag-dublin","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-special-criminal-court","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-united-arab-emirates"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117068401801160626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}