A 37-year-old man has been jailed for eight years for conspiracy to murder a criminal linked to one of Dublin's two feuding criminal gangs.
The Special Criminal Court found that Liam Brannigan from Bride Street played a central role in the oversight and management of a plot to kill Gary Hanley two-and-a-half years ago.
He is the fifth person to be convicted for his role in the crime.
Brannigan was arrested following an intensive investigation and surveillance operation by the Garda's Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau which is investigating the ongoing Hutch Kinahan feud.
A cousin of the leader of the Kinahan organised crime group in Dublin, Brannigan planned, supervised and managed the attempt to murder a rival Hutch gang associate.
Gary Hanley was to be shot dead in the home he shared with his partner and infant child on 6 November 2017.
However, the Garda's Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau had members of the hit team under surveillance and bugged their phone calls.
Brannigan gave directions on the murder route, instructions on what to do with the gun and was in some of the cars sourced for the shooting.
Today, he was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison but was told six months would be suspended if he completed a vocational course or the degree in archaeology and history he abandoned for a more hands on role in organised crime.
The gunman Luke Wilson has already been jailed for 11 years, the driver Joseph Kelly for 12, while Alan Wilson is serving six years in prison.
Another supervisor Dean Howe has been also jailed for six years.
Mr Justice Paul Coffee also said today that if it wasn't for the timely intervention and effective intervention of the gardaí, Gary Hanley would have been shot dead.
His is one of more than 75 lives that have been saved by the garda investigation into the ongoing Hutch Kinahan feud which has also so far resulted in the seizure of 122 firearms, including assault rifles and machine guns, €170m in drugs and €12m in cash.
Superintendent David Gallagher, from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, described the convictions as very significant successes against organised crime in Ireland and said gardaí would continue to ensure the safety of the public from the threats posed by organised crime.
