Eamon Kelly (criminal)
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Eamon Kelly (1947 – 4 December 2012) was a high-profile Irish convicted drug trafficker and former crime leader.[1]
Raised in Dublin, his criminal career began in his teens.[1] He then became involved with the ICA and after the organisation split, he was associated with the Official Irish Republican Army.[2][1]
He mentored crime lord Eamon Dunne who was murdered in 2010.[3] He also mentored Gerry Hutch and Martin "Marlo" Hyland.[1]
In 1988, Kelly was charged and sentenced (after an appeal) for three years in prison for assault near Gardiner Place in Dublin.[1] In 1993, he was convicted of smuggling nearly 1 kilogram of cocaine worth €50,000 from his Miami, Florida and Cuban contacts.[1] He was sentenced to fourteen years.[1] He was known for his interactions with Ireland's most dangerous criminals.
Security intelligence believes that he and other senior criminals ordered the death of Eamonn Dunne in 2010.[1]
In 2010 he and Troy Jordan were arrested by Gardaí investigating a debt collection business.[1] After this, he was widowed and one of his sons, who was addicted to illegal drugs, died.[1]