Trial for gang leader Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh accused of guns and ammo plot

An gang leader and his associates will go on trial next month over a plot to get hold of guns and ammunition. Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, 56, was arrested along with Shaun Kent, 38, and Daniel McLoughlin, 37, as part of an investigation by the National Crime Agency. Kavanagh’s brother-in-law Liam Byrne, 43, was also charged in relation to the plot after being extradited to the UK from Spain. Bespectacled Kavanagh and Byrne, both from Dublin, along with McLoughlin, appeared at…