The son of an Irish cartel boss has declared a glamorous Instagram influencer ‘the love of my life’ as the pair share loved-up images of their holidays and partying at Creamfields on social media.
Photos shared by the pair show Lee Byrne, 22, embracing Daisey O’Donnell, a model who has built up a large Instagram following by posing in bikinis and designer gear in beautiful locations around the world.
Lee, whose father Liam Byrne is the head of a drug cartel’s criminal operations in Britain and Ireland, posted a picture of him with Daisey at the weekend and called her ‘the love of my life’, the Irish Mirror reported.
Other images posted by the couple on their social media pages enjoying a concert at the massive Creamfields festival which was attended by around 70,000 people over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Byrne remains a top target for Irish police investigating the alleged activities of the Kinahan cartel and a gang named in the High Court as the Byrne Organised Crime Group, of which he is at the head.
Lee has no involvement in the criminal underworld.
Photos shared by the pair show Lee Byrne, 22, embracing Daisey O’Donnell
Other images posted by the couple on their social media pages enjoying a concert at the massive Creamfields festival which was attended by around 70,000 people over the Bank Holiday weekend
Daisey O’Donnell, a model who has built up a large Instagram following by posing in bikinis and designer gear in beautiful locations around the world
Liam Byrne: Mobster ‘running Kinahan cartel operations in the UK and Ireland’
Liam Byrne is the head of a drug cartel’s criminal operations in Britain and Ireland
Liam Byrne is the head of a drug cartel’s criminal operations in Britain and Ireland.
He allegedly became Daniel Kinahan’s right-hand man in Britain after his brother-in-law Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh was jailed in 2019 for possession of a stun gun.
Byrne fled Ireland after the Garda Criminal Assets Bureau seized millions of pounds worth of his wealth in 2019.
The CAB has also seized dozens of high-powered vehicles, jewellery, bank accounts and Byrne’s Raleigh Square home in Crumlin, which was apparently fitted with a panic room and Jacuzzi.
Under Operation Lamp, officers targeted £2.3million worth of assets including four homes worth £1.7million, 29 vehicles (£467,195), six designer watches (£71,910), two rings (£25,733), a bank account containing £31,563 and £29,912 in cash.
Daisey and her sister Ellie, from Huddersfield, recently made headlines with their new clothing brand and have built up their large followings by flaunting high-end brands and through their globe-trotting.
Meanwhile, Lee son has been flashing his wealth for several years, showing off expensive watches, designer gear, and jetting off on luxury holidays. He has no involvement in the criminal underworld.
Byrne allegedly became Daniel Kinahan’s right-hand man in Britain after his brother-in-law Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh was jailed in 2019 for possession of a stun gun.
Byrne fled Ireland after the Garda Criminal Assets Bureau seized millions of pounds worth of his wealth in 2019.
The CAB has also seized dozens of high-powered vehicles, jewellery, bank accounts and Byrne’s Raleigh Square home in Crumlin, which was apparently fitted with a panic room and Jacuzzi.
Gardai are reportedly still hunting Byrne, and are still investigating the alleged activities of the most senior members of the Kinahan cartel after jailing many of their lieutenants in recent years.
Those jailed includes Byrne’s cousin ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson, who is serving life for helping to carry out the gangland murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas in inner Dublin in 2016.
Byrne’s brother David Byrne was also shot dead in Dublin’s Regency Hotel in February 2016 – a brutal murder that greatly escalated the so-called Kinahan Hutch feud.
Under Operation Lamp, officers targeted £2.3million worth of assets including four homes worth £1.7million, 29 vehicles (£467,195), six designer watches (£71,910), two rings (£25,733), a bank account containing £31,563 and £29,912 in cash.
As part of their investigations, CAB investigators claimed Byrne was at the ‘very top tier’ of organised crime in Ireland.
In submissions to the High Court, CAB outlined his links to Christy ‘Dapper Don’ Kinahan’s cartel, according to the Irish Mirror.
Daisey has have built up a large following by flaunting high-end brands and posing in bikinis
Daisey O’Donnell, a model who has built up a large Instagram following by posing in bikinis and designer gear in beautiful locations around the world
It claimed: ‘The target of this investigation is the Liam Byrne Organised Crime Group. This group is aligned to the Kinahan Organised Crime Group and is involved in the importation for sale and supply of controlled drugs into this jurisdiction.
‘The investigation has uncovered a system of money laundering used by this group to hide the beneficial ownership of the various assets in their possession.
‘The main target of this investigation, Liam Byrne, is a close and trusted associate and lieutenant of Daniel Kinahan.
‘The KOCG is an international gang involved in the importation and controlled distribution of drugs into this jurisdiction, the UK and mainland Europe. It has bases in Spain, the UK, Netherlands and Dubai.
‘Liam Byrne and Sean McGovern are at the very top tier of this group and are regularly spotted in the company of Daniel and [his brother] Christopher Kinahan.’