Mob boss Daniel Kinahan’s St Patrick’s Day podcast chat with James English shelved over suspected Regency attack clanger

• , Crime Editor

• 16:46, 14 Mar 2022
• Updated: 16:46, 14 Mar 2022

DOZY mobster Daniel Kinahan has blown his latest public relations drive after dropping a clanger during an interview.

A chat with the exiled crime boss, set for broadcast on St Patrick’s Day, has had to be shelved over suspected clangers around the Regency Hotel attack.

Calamity Kinahan – described in the court as the “controller and manager” of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group – was to feature in a three-hour podcast with comedian James English.

But English announced that the interview was postponed because of “legal issues”.

It is believed it may have been pulled because of Kinahan’s references to the Regency Hotel outrage in which David Byrne was shot dead.

At present, a number of men including Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch are currently before the Special Criminal Court in connection with the infamous 2016 attack.

Confirming the podcast had been postponed, English told the decision restricted his and his guest’s “freedom of speech”.

He said: “Sad to inform you the show has been pulled for legal reasons. The legal advice was not to show the interview.

“The three hour interview was powerful when you get to hear Daniel tell his side of the story.

“I’m hopeful we can get interview out in the future but right now it’s out of my hands.