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Gardaí at the scene of Eddie Hutch Snr's murder in 2016. Alamy Stock Photo
Gardaí

Man arrested in connection with Eddie Hutch Snr murder released without charge

A man in his 40s was arrested yesterday in connection with the 2016 murder of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s brother.

LAST UPDATE | 6 Apr 2023

A MAN ARRESTED yesterday in connection with the murder of Eddie Hutch Snr, a brother of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, has been released without charge this evening.

The 59-year-old taxi driver was gunned down at his home on Poplar Row in Dublin in 2016, three days after the Regency Hotel shooting where David Byrne was killed.

A Garda statement released late this afternoon said:

“The male, aged in his 40s, has been released without charge.” 

“A file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.”

Details of Eddie Hutch Snr’s murder were discussed in court during the Regency shooting trial in January of this year.

Detective Superintendent David Gallagher from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) told the Special Criminal Court that the murder of Hutch had  still been an open investigation at the time.

Hutch was said to be returning to his home on the night of his death and as he exited his taxi and entered his house a number of males alighted from a BMW and fired a number of shots, before pursuing him into his house and shooting him.