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McGovern pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing the activities of a crime gang to carry out the murder of an innocent grandfather as well as a hit on rival Hutch gangster

Sean McGovern

Senior Kinahan gang figure Sean McGovern has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing the activities of a crime gang to carry out the murder of an innocent grandfather as well as a hit on rival Hutch gangster.

McGovern, described as mob boss Daniel Kinahan’s closest confidant and number two in the gang, is now the most significant member of the international crime group gang to have been convicted of a criminal offence before the Irish courts.