Hitman who gunned down Kinahan target found guilty of attempted murder

A man from County Meath has been found guilty of attempted murder in connection with a shooting attack on a drugs cartel target in Dublin in May 2017. The Special Criminal Court determined that Caolan Smyth, aged 28, was both the driver and gunman in the organised assault on James Gately at a filling station on the Clonshaugh Road in north Dublin. Mr Gately was shot five times whilst seated in his vehicle but…