Undercover garda saw Gerry Hutch meeting IRA member caught transporting Regency hotel AK-47s, trial hears

IRA man Shane Rowan was intercepted in Co Meath as he travelled north with the three assault rifles in the boot of his car

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch

Andrew Phelan

An undercover garda saw murder accused Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch meeting an IRA member two weeks before the man was caught transporting the AK-47s that had been used in the Regency Hotel shooting, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The officer said he was carrying out a covert surveillance operation after the gangland attack when he saw Mr Hutch, former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall and IRA man Shane Rowan go into a house in Co Donegal.