Court archive
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2015-06-30 · Tallaght, Dublin
Seven men from Dublin were acquitted of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court on 30 June 2015. The court, presided over by Mr Justice Tony Hunt, found that the Department of Public Prosecutions would not present further evidence after a ruling last week that the arrests of six of the men were unlawful. The men—Brian Nick Mc Bennett (54),…
2015-06-26 · Tallaght, Dublin
The Special Criminal Court ruled that the arrests of six Dublin men suspected of IRA membership at a house in Tallaght were unlawful. Judge Tony Hunt said each case lacked the modest level of objective justification required under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, citing the Supreme Court's 2003 Walshe v Fennessy decision. The…
2015-06-23 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a 2015 ruling, the Special Criminal Court declared that evidence from a search warrant executed at a Tallaght house could be used in the trial of seven men accused of IRA membership. Judge Tony Hunt confirmed that the warrant was issued and carried out lawfully. Gardaí had found two packages of tightly folded paper wrapped in clingfilm,…
2015-06-19 · Tallaght, Dublin
The Special Criminal Court will decide next week whether evidence from a search warrant and the arrest of seven Dublin men can be admitted. The men, accused of IRA membership, were found in a Tallaght house where police discovered two packages of tightly folded paper wrapped in clingfilm, allegedly communications from prisoners at Portlaoise…
2015-06-12 · Tallaght, Dublin
The trial of seven Dublin men accused of IRA membership continues with a voir dire hearing to decide the admissibility of evidence from a search warrant and the arrest of the accused at a house in Tallaght. Gardai found two packages of tightly folded paper wrapped in clingfilm, allegedly communications from prisoners in Portlaoise Prison, on a…
2015-06-11 · Tallaght, Dublin
The trial of seven Dublin men accused of IRA membership has continued with a voir dire, a trial within a trial, to determine the admissibility of evidence regarding a search warrant and arrests at a Tallaght house. The accused are Brian Nick Mc Bennett, Peter Burns, Kevin Braney, Michael Barr, John Brock, Declan Phelan, and Desmond Christie. Each…
2015-06-10 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a Special Criminal Court hearing on 10 June 2015, seven men were charged with membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) after a 2013 raid on a Tallaght house. The raid, conducted by Special Branch detectives, uncovered two packages on a coffee table in the front room. The packages contained thin paper, tightly folded and wrapped in…
2015-06-09 · Ballymun, Dublin
Seven men from Dublin – Brian Nick Mc Bennett (54), Peter Burns (39), Kevin Braney (39), Michael Barr (33), John Brock (41), Declan Phelan (31) and Desmond Christie (49) – pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court to charges that they were members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 3 July 2013. The prosecution, represented by Tara Burns…
2015-05-19 · Dublin
Kevin Braney, 40, of Tallaght, Dublin, was granted temporary bail by the Special Criminal Court in a trial concerning alleged membership of an unlawful organisation. The court, presided over by Mr Justice Paul Butler alongside Judges Cormac Dunne and Flann Brennan, allowed Braney bail on consent from May 26 until June 3. He was required to enter…
2015-05-06 · Dublin
The Special Criminal Court granted temporary bail to Brian Nick McBennet, one of seven men charged with membership of an unlawful organisation, specifically the IRA. McBennet, aged 56, and his co-accused—Peter Burns, Kevin Braney, Michael Barr, John Brock, Declan Phelan, and Desmond Christie—were charged on July 3, 2013. The three-judge panel,…
2015-03-25 · Dublin
Declan Phelan, 32, of Tallaght, Dublin, was granted bail by the Special Criminal Court on charges of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. The court imposed strict conditions, including surrendering his passport, signing daily at Naas Garda Station between 2 pm and 11 pm, observing a curfew from midnight…
2014-07-10 · Dublin
Brian Nick McBennett, 54, of Ard Collum Avenue, Artane, was charged on 3 July 2013 with membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) before the Special Criminal Court. He was one of seven men charged on the same date, including Peter Burns, Kevin Braney, Michael Barr, John Brock, Declan Phelan and Desmond Christie. The court considered…
2014-01-21 · Ballymun, Dublin
The Special Criminal Court has fixed a trial date of June 9, 2015, for seven men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA. The accused are Peter Burns (39) of Glenshane Crescent, Tallaght; Kevin Braney (39) of Glenshane Crescent, Tallaght; Michael…
2013-12-11 · Tallaght, Dublin
The Special Criminal Court granted limited Christmas bail to Declan Phelan and John Brock, who are accused of membership of an unlawful organisation, specifically the IRA, on July 3, 2013. Both men were arrested while already on bail for a previous IRA membership charge, which Detective Inspector Michael Gibbons stated they breached by…
2013-11-12 · Tallaght, Dublin
Seven men from Dublin were charged with membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) at a Special Criminal Court hearing in July 2013. The accused – Peter Burns (39), Kevin Braney (39), Michael Barr (33), Brian Nick McBennett (54), John Brock (41), Declan Phelan (31) and Desmond Christie (49) – were all charged on the same date, 3 July, with…