“I didn’t confront Darren, I didn’t lay a finger on him, I was there to support,” Conor O’Brien (24) told gardaí, outlining his actions on the night 30-year-old Darren Quigley received a fatal stab wound to the leg.

Two weeks ago at the Special Criminal Court, the leader of the gang was jailed for 12 years after he was caught “red-handed” in a garda raid, during which parts for six weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were seized.