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Yes, and Gallagher admits that Sean McGovern was at this time three tiers down from the top in the structure of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group.
Now, we know from what has been said in more recent times, he was number two in that.
But at this point, he was the senior lieutenant operating on the ground in Ireland, significantly above many, but not at the very top.
Now, they then move on to the second sort of swathe of evidence against Sean McGovern, which relates to the murder of Noel Kirwan.
which happens on the 26th of December 2016.
He's murdered that night at 17.07 and his partner Bernadette Rowe is with him.
He has just parked his Ford Mondeo car in the driveway of his home in LlandΓ³chan.
He's been out for dinner in a restaurant with his members of his family and he's hit seven times.
Seven shots are actually fired at him.
He's hit five times.
And Bernadette Rowe, his partner, pursued a gunman and saw them in a white van.
She obviously ran after them.
Yeah, with the silencer on it.
And the reason that Noel Kirwan was targeted was because he was a lifelong friend and attended the funeral of Eddie Hutch.
He was photographed with Gerry Hutch and he was then murdered by targets perceiving his links to be, you know, with the Hutch's to be
but he was also described by David Gallagher as an easy target because he wasn't involved in crime.
He wasn't expecting anything.
He was just living his life.
He didn't realise he was under any sort of threat and as a result would be an easy target for them.
Now,