Daniel Kinahan has been remanded in custody after appearing before an Irish court charged with directing an organised crime group. Kinahan, 49, was not represented by a lawyer during the brief hearing before three judges at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. He was charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation between October 18th 2015 and April 6th 2017. She said she understood gardai had offered to get him representation but the accused man said his family had made arrangements. McGrath told Mr Kinahan that it was in his interests to contact his lawyers and make whatever arrangements he wants to deal with the matter in the meantime.