'I think we know I won't be getting bail,' suspected cartel boss tells judge

Daniel Kinahan has been remanded in custody after appearing before an Irish court charged with directing an organised crime group.The boxing promoter appeared at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Sunday after being extradited from Dubai on an Irish government jet. He was arrested when he landed back on Irish soil at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, an airport outside the capital, just after 6.30pm.Kinahan, 49, was charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation between 18 October 2015 and 6 April 2017. Image: Daniel Kinahan. Pic: Collins Photo Agency Inside the court room, the dock was checked by police before Mr Kinahan appeared, alongside several other officers, for a hearing which lasted about 14 minutes. At the judge-led hearing, Judge Fiona Lydon, Judge Patrick McGrath and Ms Justice Sarah Berkeley sat in the court which tries terrorism and organised crime cases.Judge McGrath told Mr Kinahan when the case would next be heard, and explained to him that because of the charge an application for bail would have to be made to the High Court.Mr Kinahan said: "I understand. I think we know I won't be getting bail, but thank you." Image: Kinahan had been living ...