Court archive
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2024-11-29 · Dublin
John O'Brien, 44, with 119 prior convictions, pleaded guilty to stealing an electric scooter from a shop on Dame Street on 31 January 2022. The theft occurred after an argument between shop security, O'Brien and two other men. O'Brien seized the scooter and fled toward Trinity College, threatening the victim with death. The victim pursued him,…
2020-02-21 · Dublin
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…
2019-05-27 · Dublin City, Dublin
Two men, including the grandson of former Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke, were sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to a combined 14 years in prison after being caught with four kilograms of TNT and a hand grenade in a densely populated area of Dublin. Declan McDermott (30) and Mairtin Manning (24) each received seven years' imprisonment for…
2019-04-10 · Dublin
In a non‑jury Special Criminal Court hearing, Declan McDermott pleaded guilty to possessing four kilograms of TNT and the explosive head of an RGD33 hand grenade. The court was informed that McDermott had ten 400‑gram blocks of TNT and the grenade head at Spring Garden Street, Dublin 3, on 2 June 2017. Giollaiosa O Lideadha SC advised the…
2019-04-09 · Dublin
In a Special Criminal Court hearing, John O'Brien, 56, of North Great Clarence Street, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to a new charge of assisting an unlawful organisation with an explosive. The charge, under section 21A of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 and section 49 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005, alleges that on 2…
2017-12-21 · Dublin
The Special Criminal Court set a trial for 19 November 2018 for Declan McDermott and Martin Manning, accused of possessing four kilograms of TNT and an RGD33 grenade head at Spring Garden St on 2 June 2017. McDermott also faces a charge of membership in an unlawful organisation, the IRA. The court noted a third co‑accused, John O'Brien, 55, has…
2017-12-14 · Dublin
John O'Brien, 55, of North Great Clarence Street, Dublin 1, was released on bail by the Special Criminal Court after being charged with knowingly possessing an explosive substance. He is alleged to have possessed ten 400-gram blocks of TNT and the explosive head of an RGD33 hand grenade at his home address on June 2, 2017. Mr Justice Tony Hunt,…
2017-12-08 · Dublin
Two men, John O'Brien, 55, and Declan McDermott, were charged at the Special Criminal Court on 8 December 2017 with knowingly possessing four kilograms of TNT. O'Brien was accused of having ten 400‑gram blocks of TNT and the explosive head of an RGD33 hand grenade at his North Great Clarence Street home on 2 June. McDermott was charged with the…