Court archive
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2018-10-22 · Dublin
In a Special Criminal Court hearing, Jonathan Hawthorn, 45, of Ballintyre Downs, Dublin, was convicted of membership in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) after an FBI agent uncovered a Dublin-based plot to purchase a grenade and Semtex on the Dark Web. The court found that Hawthorn received a fake delivery of explosives, photographed on a balcony…
2018-07-31 · Dublin
In a Special Criminal Court hearing, Jonathan Hawthorn, 45, of Ballintyre Downs, was convicted of membership in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) for September 14, 2016. He was photographed receiving a mock grenade delivery set up by Gardaí to resemble a real explosive, and he was found in possession of the dummy items in a sports bag when arrested…
2018-07-25
In a Special Criminal Court hearing, three men—Jonathan Hawthorn, James Geraghty, and Donal O'Ceallaigh—were charged with membership in the Irish Republican Army. Prosecutor Paul Greene presented evidence that an undercover FBI agent monitored a dark‑web transaction where a user named Meat Cleaver ordered weapons to be disguised as Play Doh and…
2018-07-18
During a Special Criminal Court hearing, the trial of three men accused of IRA membership was delayed because an FBI agent could not locate a bible to swear on. The agent, who was to testify via video link from a U.S. federal courthouse, had been told 30 minutes earlier that a bible was required and failed to find one. Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy…
2018-07-11 · Dublin
A Dublin man, Donal O'Ceallaigh, 33, was arrested at the crowded entrance of St James' Hospital by armed gardai, some with weapons drawn, during a Special Criminal Court hearing. O'Ceallaigh, along with Jonathan Hawthorn, 45, and James Geraghty, 61, pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styled the Irish Republican Army. The…
2018-07-06
The Special Criminal Court heard evidence in the ongoing trial of Jonathan Hawthorn, James Geraghty, and Donal O'Ceallaigh, who have pleaded not guilty to alleged membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA. Detective Sergeant Brian Roberts testified that he…
2018-07-04
Gardai arrested three men – Jonathan Hawthorn (45), James Geraghty (61) and Donal O'Ceallaigh (33) – on suspicion of membership in the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The arrests followed a tip from an undercover FBI agent who had been monitoring the darknet, where a user named Meat Cleaver sought Semtex to be sent to Ireland. The FBI agent received…
2017-07-04 · Dublin
Three Dublin men—Jonathan Hawthorn, 44, of Ballintyre Downs; James Geraghty, 60, of Dolphin House; and Donal O'Ceallaigh, 32, of Beach Road—are charged with membership in the Irish Republican Army. They were arrested on 14 September 2016 and remanded on continuing bail. Their trial in the Special Criminal Court is scheduled for 2 July 2018 and is…
2016-09-29 · Dublin
Three Dublin men—Jonathan Hawthorn, 44, of Ballintyre Downs; James Geraghty, 60, of Dolphin House; and Donal O'Ceallaigh, 32, of Beach Road—were released on bail by the Special Criminal Court after being charged on 14 September with membership of the Irish Republican Army. The State, represented by Solicitor Michael O'Donovan, consented to the…
2016-09-20 · Dublin
Jonathan Hawthorn, 44, of Ballintyre Downs, Ballinteer, was granted compassionate bail by the Special Criminal Court to attend his father's funeral. He was charged with membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) along with James Geraghty and Donal O Ceallaigh. The court, sitting in an out‑of‑term session, accepted the State counsel's argument…
2016-09-16 · Dublin
Three Dublin men were brought before the Special Criminal Court on 16 September 2016, charged with membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Jonathan Hawthorn, aged 44, of Ballintyre Downs, Ballinteer, was arrested on Irishtown Road the previous evening; Detective Garda Rory Geelon testified that he was informed by the Director of Public…