Sean McGovern sentencing: the fall of Daniel Kinahan's second-in-command (Part 2)

Nicola Tallant· Host0:00

[gentle music] Sean McGovern was on a mission to kill in Ireland as a senior lieutenant in the Kinahan cartel when he organized to use tracker devices in the plan to murder Noel Duck Egg Kirwan. Later, as he and his cell targeted James Magill Gatley in similar fashion, they had no idea they were under surveillance and that their murder plot would lead to their downfall. Yesterday, McGovern was confronted by a victim impact statement from the children of Kirwan, Donna and Christopher, who told him they would never get over their dad's death. I'm talking with Eamon Dillon about the sensational evidence that gives us a window into the bloodlust of the Kinahan cartel. You're listening to Crime World, a podcast from crimeworld.com.

Eamon Dillon· Guest0:45

They, they move on then to about this van being used for their surveillance in Belfast. So this was brought to Ireland under the name of Andrew Crawford. So this is the guy who was working for one of Bomber Kavanagh's car businesses in Birmingham at the time.

Nicola Tallant· Host0:59

Mm.

Eamon Dillon· Guest1:00

Um, and it's parked in Dublin Airport, and the CCTV of that, of, uh, uh, the vehicle, you know, uh, Dublin port and then arriving in, in, uh, the, I think it's the short-term car park- Yeah ... that they were using. Uh, and then, uh, uh, on the 27th of March, the, again, this is all the CCT evidence.

Nicola Tallant· Host1:15

Yeah.

Eamon Dillon· Guest1:15

It shows, it shows, uh, McGovern l- leaving his house in Kildare Road by bicycle, and this is on his own CCTV. Um, and there's messages then to, um, to, to, to Mallet, uh, as well that the vehicle had been