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Defence counsel requested the trial be delayed until at least next Monday in light of significant new evidence served last week

The trial against The Monk, which kicks off at the Special Criminal Court today, is now being described as the “gangland trial of the century”

The 58-year-old was quizzed for a number of hours at a Dublin Garda station about his suspected involvement in organised crime

“The Monk”, 58, was arrested on Wednesday morning and taken from his cell at Wheatfield Prison in West Dublin

“The Monk”, 58, was arrested yesterday and taken from his cell at Wheatfield Prison in West Dublin

The footage, which emerged at the weekend, shows Byrne and the manager speaking to a football supporter on a video call

Footage has emerged of Byrne in the company of a well-known Premier League football manager in recent days

Johnny Morrissey and Glaswegian wife Nicola were led away in handcuffs after being arrested in bed when police raided their plush home in Marbella.

We have established that diplomats from the Department of Foreign Affairs as well as senior officials in the Department of Justice have been lobbying bosses in Dubai. They want them them to kick Sean McGovern, 36, out of the desert state and send him to Ireland to face justice.

The nick was once dubbed The Celeb Prison after a number of well-known people were sent there

Spanish police say he laundered a massive €350,000 a day for the cartel