Daniel Kinahan expected to return to Ireland later today

Kenneth Fox

Daniel Kinahan is set to return to Ireland in the coming hours.

The alleged head of the Kinahan cartel is due to be brought before Irish courts later.

A team of Gardaí arrived in Dubai on board the Government jet last night and are on Sunday morning preparing to escort Mr Kinahan back to Dublin.

A large team of officers, along with members of the Defence Forces and the Irish Prison Service, will be awaiting his arrival at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnell.

Mr Kinahan is expected to be formally arrested there and brought straight to the Criminal Courts of Justice to face a charge of directing organised crime.