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Kinahan chief Sean McGovern charged with feud murder of Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan

The 39-year-old has this evening also been charged with directing a criminal organisation involved in the conspiracy to murder a rival gangster after being extradited from Dubai

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Thu 29 May 2025 at 20:12

Senior Kinahan gang figure Sean McGovern has appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with murdering a Dublin grandfather more than eight years ago.

The 39-year-old has this evening also been charged with directing a criminal organisation involved in the conspiracy to murder a rival gangster after being extradited from Dubai.

The alleged offences were carried out as part of the Hutch/Kinahan feud which claimed up to 18 lives both in Ireland and abroad.

McGovern, formerly of Kildare Road in Crumlin, is the most senior member of the Kinahan crime group to be charged before the Irish courts.

A significant security operation was in place at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate Street with more than 40 gardaí including senior investigators and armed detectives present for the hearing.