Gardaí have warned Sky Ireland about a threat to staff over the broadcast of a boxing match.
The Fury vs Joshua bouts are linked to gang boss Daniel Kinahan.
The Sunday World reports the threats are an effort by a rival crime gang.
So they're making an effort to derail Kinahan's efforts to portray himself as a boxing promoter.
Also the 46-year-old Dublin man has been named in the High Court as a senior figure in the Kinahan organised crime gang.
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● Gardai issue security advice to sports channel staff over Kinahan link to boxing bout
● Sources claim UK broadcasters will 'run a mile' from Fury/Joshua 200m title fightPlus @nicolatallantsw: Daniel's self-destruction pic.twitter.com/NHSuQRGJRk
— Sunday World (@sundayworld) June 13, 2020
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said broadcasters and sporting groups should have "nothing to do" with the match.
He said he was surprised by Tyson Fury's video thanking Kinahan.
"I was rather taken aback to see Tyson Fury's video the other day, just dropping in that name that you [TD Alan Kelly] mentioned."
"As if this was not somebody who has a chequered history in this state or elsewhere."
"While I can't comment on any particular Garda operation."
"I can certainly assure you that there has been contact between the Department of Foreign Affairs and authorities in the United Arab Emirates."
Video from earlier exchange: Leo Varadkar tells Alan Kelly he was taken aback to hear Daniel Kinahan's namecheck in Tyson Fury's video pic.twitter.com/8gKsNR44QV
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) June 11, 2020
Tallant: Kinahan Doesn't Need This Attention
Sunday World Crime Correspondent Nicola Tallant says Kinahan high-level attention is the last thing he needs.
"I think the last thing he'd ever dreamed of was that Leo Varadkar was going to hit him with a left hook."
"This thing has now gone political."
"For years the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau have been working away, building a case on Daniel Kinahan."
"and he's wanted in this country, he's wanted in the UK."
"Police forces of Europe have been working together, putting together the evidence against him."
It’s official FURY VS JOSUAR AGREED FOR NEXT YEAR, I got to smash @bronzebomber first then I’ll annihilate @anthonyfjoshua #WEARESPARTANS
MASSIVE THANKS TO DANIEL KINNERHAN FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.🙏🏻👍🏻 god bless pic.twitter.com/18FfVKfCax— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) June 10, 2020
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