The feud has taken the form of a large number of attacks, mostly shootings, on people associated with the Hutch and Kinahan gangs (though some have been cases of mistaken identity).
Most attacks have been in Dublin, a few elsewhere in Ireland, and some in Spain, including the initial murder of Gary Hutch which sparked off the feud.
There was a shooting in 2014, but it is generally considered that the feud began in 2015, when Gary Hutch was murdered in Marbella, Spain, and escalated after the February 2016 Dublin hotel attack.
Manned by at least 10 gardaí and three sergeants, the task force was scheduled to close in 2021; however, despite at least 18 people being killed in the feud, their success in preventing 50 other murder attempts means it will continue operating.
[4] Commentators have noted that the feud highlights the difficulty An Garda Síochána have with policing Irish gangs with transnational structures.
[8] Gary Hutch, who was 34 years old at the time of his death, was shot dead at an apartment complex in the Miraflores neighbourhood of Marbella, Spain.
[22] On 30 December, Darren Kearns, an associate of the Hutches, was shot dead in front of his wife shortly after he left the Phoenix Chinese restaurant on Blackhorse Avenue [23] He had convictions for drug dealing and spent time in prison.
[25] Of the dead, six were associated with the Hutch gang, one with the Kinahans, and two were innocent men who were killed in cases of mistaken identity.
[citation needed] On 5 February 2016, a WBO boxing match for the European Lightweight title between Jamie Kavanagh and Antonio João Bento was to take place at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall, Dublin.
[26] There were at least four attackers wearing masks, army style-helmets and flak jackets; two of whom were disguised as members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit and armed with AK-47s.
An associate of the Kinahan cartel, David Byrne, was shot dead; security sources said that the gang had intended to kill others.
[43] A brother of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, Vincent was murdered by members of the Kinahan gang, though sources differ on whether or not this was related to the Hutch-Kinahan conflict.
[47][48] Martin O'Rourke was shot dead on 14 April on Lower Sheriff Street, Dublin in a case of mistaken identity.
[23] Trevor O'Neill, a Dublin City Council worker from Drimnagh was killed in a case of mistaken identity in Costa de la Calma, near Magaluf, on 17 August 2016[62] He was shot five times in front of his family.
[62] Noel "Duck Egg" Kirwan, a close associate of Gerry Hutch, was shot dead in front of his partner outside his house in Ronanstown in west Dublin on 22 December 2016.
[63] On 18 June, two men in their thirties were arrested by armed members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit and Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau on the Naas Dual carriageway.
[67] He was already serving six years for admitting buying mobile phones for members of the Kinahan gang who murdered Michael Barr in the Sunset House pub in Dublin in April 2016.
[67] In May 2024 Michael Crotty was sentenced to two years for helping the gang by buying top-up credit for a phone used in the murder of Noel Keating.
[69][70] Brady, who claimed that he is no longer affiliated with the Kinahan gang, is already serving sentences for money laundering and firearms offences.
[70] Tom Fox, on remand in Mountjoy Prison in relation to the fatal shooting of Gareth Hutch, was attacked on 28 March 2017 along with another inmate, suffering multiple stab wounds.
They were arrested in Blakestown Road in Clonsilla in a safe house owned by Kinahan associate Eric Fowler who had allegedly tipped-off Gardaí, resulting in his death in December 2018.
James 'Mago' Gately, a 29-year-old long-term friend of Gary Hutch, had been hiding out in Belfast and Newry having fled his home in Dublin's north inner city.
On 10 May 2017, he was shot fives times by a lone gunman in his car at the Topaz petrol station on the Clonshaugh Road in North Dublin.
[86][87] Kane McCormack was a son of Noel Kirwan, who was had been shot about a year before as part of the feud between the Kinahans and Hutches.
[88] One line of inquiry is that the Kinahan gang believed he posed a threat to them because he wanted revenge for his father's death.
[92][93] Derek Coakley-Hutch had a criminal record, having previously pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation firearm during the robbery of a Spar in Styles Road, Clontarf on 11 June 2015.
It began at the National Boxing Stadium on the South Circular road in Dublin, and there was a heavy Garda presence as a result.
[citation needed] A car pulled up near the National Stadium at around 9.45pm on the night of the tournament and fired at a man who is known to gardaí; he was hit in the foot as he ran towards Griffith College.
The two-man hit team immediately drove from North Strand to the nearby East-Link Toll Bridge and abandoned their Renault Kango van.
He was driving a van on Blakestown Road in Clonsilla close to the scene of the murder of Boylan's friend Eric Fowler over two months previously.