Disturbing reports from the Regency Hotel in Whitehall as three men brandishing firearms intruded on a boxing weigh in and started firing shots.
RTE are reporting that one man has been killed in the shooting, with a further two injured.
One man confirmed dead after shooting at Regency Hotel in Dublin. Two others in hospital with possible gunshot wounds.
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 5, 2016
The men burst into the hotel in gardai style uniforms, carrying guns resembling AK47s and fired a number of shots. Dozens of people immediately fled the hotel.
The official weigh-in for the Clash of the Clans boxing event had been due to begin at the hotel at 2pm. The event is being promoted by Matthew Macklin's MGM company.
Gangland figures flee shooting at Regency hotel in Dublin this afternoon
Linked with Gary Hutch murder in Spain last year
Gardai at scene— Garreth MacNamee (@garmacnamee) February 5, 2016
Dublin Fire Brigade tweeted that they were headed to a serious incident in Whitehall earlier...
We're responding to a serious incident in a hotel in Whitehall, crews from Finglas, P'boro + advanced paramedics pic.twitter.com/5LshDt6SZ9
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) February 5, 2016
Gary Corcoran is to face Danny Danny Butler in tomorrow's fight. iFL TV released a video from the press conference at the Regency today.
