2020-02-21 · Dublin
Christy Burke's grandson drops appeal against explosives sentence
Mairtin Manning, 25, grandson of former Lord Mayor Christy Burke, pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing ten 400‑gram blocks of TNT and the explosive head of an RGD33 hand grenade on 2 June 2017 in Dublin 3. He was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court on 27 May 2017. The court noted that one 400‑gram block could…