Dublin

Former Dublin GAA coach Gavin to replace Michael Stone as taskforce chair

Force set up to regenerate capital’s north inner city following Hutch-Kinahan feud

Jim Gavin won five All Ireland titles in a row with the Dublin football team as manager. Picture: Getty

Jim Gavin, the former Dublin football manager, has been appointed by the government as the new chair of the taskforce to regenerate Dublin’s north inner city.

The position had been vacant since the resignation of Michael Stone, the previous chair, in January due to the “Postergate” controversy.

Stone, the owner of the Designer Group engineering firm, had organised and paid for the erection of posters for Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Public Expenditure, in ...