Alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan lands in Ireland after extradition from Dubai

Government jet carrying Kinahan arrived in Dublin, where he will be taken in a bomb-proof van to criminal courts of justice A decade after escaping assassination and fleeing into exile, Daniel Kinahan is back in Ireland – but it is not the homecoming he wanted. The alleged leader of the Kinahan organised crime group was extradited from Dubai in an Irish government jet on Sunday and headed to a huge security operatio…

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Guardian Published 9 August 2026

Alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan lands in Ireland after extradition from Dubai

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Irish government jet carrying alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan on its way back to Dublin

An Irish government jet is on its way back from Dubai after the extradition of alleged gang boss Daniel Kinahan.

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