Next month marks the tenth anniversary of a shocking gangland shooting at Dublins Regency Hotel, now known as the Bonnington. The attack, carried out by masked gunmen disguised as police, resulted in three injuries and one death. The prime target, Daniel Kinahan, escaped and fled to Dubai. Kinahan, a forty-eight-year-old enforcer known as Chess, runs Irelands most powerful crime cartel, once handling a third of Europes cocaine trade. The attack sparked a bloody feud, claiming at least thirteen lives and leaving communities in turmoil. Kinahans family rose from Dublins tough streets in the nineteen eighties, peddling heroin, then exploding into cocaine via Spains Costa del Sol. Lately, Dubai has been cracking down on fugitives, extraditing Kinahan allies and signing pacts with Irish police. Charges loom against Kinahan for directing the violence and a linked killing. With pressure building from all sides, the man once untouchable faces real risks, potentially unraveling his lavish Gulf life and finally cornering Irelands cocaine kingpin after a decade on the run.

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