Joanna Byrne TD, who represents the Louth constituency, told the Dáil: "The Government has paid millions of euro for asylum-seeker accommodation to this company which is owned by a man who the Criminal Assets Bureau linked to the Drogheda gang feud. "Recent media reports suggest that the owner of this company, Secure Accommodation Management, has been paid €10.2m since it was set up in September 2022. Indeed, the Department of Children, Disability and Equality highlighted its huge profits for 2023."
In July, the High Court granted Patrick Lawlor and his wife, Leonie, free legal aid to challenge Cab's case against them A convicted bagman for an organised crime gang has asked the High Court for more free legal aid in order to have a quantity surveyor value his home as he fights a Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) bid to seize the property.
A murdered Cork criminal claimed he was owed a €300,000 drug debt before he was shot dead at close range at his home. Darren Falsey had told a relative about the money he was owed but never disclosed the identity of the debtor, according to affidavit evidence in a Proceeds of Crime case brought by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab).
