BOUGHT REGENCY GUNS OFF HUTCHES FOR €30K

IRA thug breaks silence on arms deal

- PAUL HEALY

THE MAN caught with the rifles used in the Regency Hotel shooting today breaks his silence - and claims he agreed to pay €30,000 to the Hutch gang for the weapons.

In the first part of our bombshell interview, convicted IRA member Shane Rowan spoke exclusively to The Irish Mirror about his direct involvement in transporting the AK-47s used in the killing of David Byrne as well as his dealings with Jonathan Dowdall and Patsy Hutch.

Rowan, 44, from Donegal, spent five and a half years in prison after he says he was "caught red handed" transporting the three rifles from the Malahide industrial estate in north Dublin, where he had earlier met with Patsy Hutch on March 9, 2016.