Top Kinahan target Patsy Hutch wears face mask as he takes a stroll in Dublin sunshine

The older brother of 'The Monk' Gerry Hutch has been rarely seen since a hit squad was sent to kill him in 2018

A top target in the Kinahan-Hutch feud takes a stroll in the summer sun today – his face hidden behind a protective mask.

Patsy Hutch – older brother of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch – is rarely spotted on the streets since the Kinahan cartel sent a hit team to kill him in 2018.

But with Dublin in Covid-19 lockdown and mask wearing advised in public, he took advantage to go for a stroll near his north inner-city home.

The Irish Mirror snapped the 59-year-old walking down Parnell Street in the summer sunshine today.

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Dressed in a dark sleeveless jacket, jeans and baseball cap, Hutch wore a black face covering disguising his features.

He walked alone a few minutes away from his house, where gardai have a permanently manned protection post to watch over him.

The Monk’s innocent older brother has been warned he is a top target of the Kinahan cartel.

Last month a court heard details of how a 10-man cartel cell plotted to murder him in March 2018.

At a sentence hearing for a mob footsoldier who pulled out of the elaborate plot, gardai gave an insight into the inner workings of the cartel, which was named as an organised crime group before the court.

Det Supt Dave Gallagher told Judge Tony Hunt he was satisfied the criminal organisation that targeted Mr Hutch was the Kinahan gang.

He said it was involved in serious offences, including murderous feuds and drug and firearms trafficking.

A three-man “hit for hire team” has already received sentences totalling 36 years for planning to kill Patsy Hutch.  They were intercepted by gardaí just 250 metres from the his home.

They had an arsenal of weapons that included a 9mm Rak sub-machine gun, a .38 Special Calibre Rossi Make Revolver, a 9mm Beretta 92 semi-automatic pistol and a 9mm Makarov semi-automatic pistol.

The feud has taken a heavy toll on the Monk’s brother.

His son Gary was murdered by the cartel in Spain in 2015 in the killing that sparked the mob war.

He has also lost his brother Eddie and nephew Gareth in the bloodshed.   

His brother Gerry – the head of the Hutch faction in the feud – has not been seen in Ireland in four years.

Patsy’s other son - Patrick junior - is also believed to be living in exile after he was acquitted at the Special Criminal Court of the murder of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel attack in February 2016.

He had spent weeks on trial for the killing where gardai testified he was the gunman in drag photographed fleeing the scene.

However the Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to proceed with the charges of murder and firearms offences after the death by suicide of the lead detective in the case.

His father Patsy was spotted driving him away from the Criminal Courts of Justice Building in February last year in another rare public outing.