Alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan is to apply for bail in coming weeks as organised crime trial looms

Daniel Kinahan, 49, stood silently at Dublin's Special Criminal Court on Monday while his solicitor Darragh Mackin announced that a bail application would be made through the High Court within the next few weeks. Kinahan faces a single charge of directing the activities of a criminal organisation between October 2015 and April 2017. He arrived at court under armed Garda escort from Portlaoise maximum security prison, where he has been held since his extradition from Dubai in August.

Prosecutors described a 'complex factual matrix' underpinning the charge, noting that the extradition statement of facts alone runs to 189 pages.

Kinahan's legal team is seeking disclosure from two overseas investigations — one in Spain and one in Dubai — in which he says he was acquitted.

The first Irish citizen brought back from the UAE under a new permanent extradition treaty, Kinahan is next due before the court on 21 December for service of the book of evidence.