James Byrne (1947 or 1948 – 7 September 2024), also known as Jemmy or Jaws, was an Irish criminal.
[2] As a result of the Kinahan-Hutch feud, Gerard Hutch met with Jonathan Dowdall and the New IRA with a view to the latter group acting as mediators between the two gangs.
[2] Hutch told Dowdall that Byrne would need to be consulted and "on board" before a ceasefire could be negotiated.
[2] In 2018 High Court found that Byrne, his wife, his daughter Maria and three others "while not members of the Byrne organised crime group, are closely related to its members and involved in money laundering" and "They also have access to the proceeds of criminal activity carried out by the Byrne organised crime group".
[2] The Special Criminal Court found Hutch not guilty and the Dowdall trial collapsed after the death of the lead investigator.