The circle of people with knowledge of security arrangements for the repatriation of crime boss Daniel Kinahan to Ireland is being kept “very tight”, senior sources have said. “On the ops side, this one will be kept very tight,” one security source said. Prison sources feared a prisoner transport, for example to a hospital, could pose a potential vulnerability for an attack. RTÉ reported on Wednesday the Irish Prison Service has bought a bomb-proof and bulletproof van from Britain in preparation for Kinahan’s return. McGovern, 40, is housed in a section of A block of Portlaoise Prison — described as “a prison within a prison”.