Hitman to be sentenced for trying to murder 'Mago' Gately

A man convicted of attempting to murder a known organised crime figure has been remanded in custody pending sentencing by the Special Criminal Court. Caolan Smyth, aged 29 from County Meath, was found guilty on January 5th of shooting James Gately five times as the latter sat in his vehicle at a filling station on Clonshaugh Road in north Dublin during May 2017. Despite sustaining injuries to his chest and neck, Mr…