Crackdown on Kinahan gang
The US government is offering $5 million (€4.6 million) for information on the Kinahan crime gang or for the arrest and conviction of its leaders.
It comes as a US government department imposed sanctions against seven senior members of the Kinahan crime gang as part of a bid to target their financial operations.
Speaking at an event at Dublin City Hall, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the Kinahan gang is worth more than €1 billion through its criminal enterprise.
Among those sanctioned by the US department of the treasury’s office of foreign assets control (OFAC) were its key members, including leaders Christy Kinahan Snr, Daniel Kinahan and Christy Kinahan Jnr. They were named as being heads of the criminal network. Also named and sanctioned were their associates Sean McGovern, Ian Dixon, Bernard Clancy and John Morrissey.
For our explainer on the sanctions, click here.
VAT cut on energy
A plan to temporarily cut the VAT rate on energy will “more than make up for” the planned carbon tax, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.
Mr Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan discussed on Monday a number of proposals designed to curb the rising cost of living.
This is expected to include a cut in the VAT rate on energy from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent. The move must be approved during a Cabinet meeting tomorrow.
Man's body found in Sligo
An investigation has been launched after a body was discovered in unexplained circumstances in Co Sligo.
Gardaí said that the body of a man in his late 30s was discovered in a house at around 8.30pm on Monday in the Cartron area of Sligo.
The body of the man remains at the scene and a technical examination is being carried out.
