Anne Fennell pleads guilty to harassing priest

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Anne Fennell pleaded guilty to harassing a priest at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 20 January 2016. The court heard the harassment occurred in Clondalkin during 2005, 2006 and 2006. Her sentence hearing was adjourned until July, and she was remanded on continuing bail.

Fennell also admitted making persistent nuisance calls and sending obscene or menacing messages to government and public offices between 2 February and 1 December 2014. The court heard that some messages threatened to bomb President Michael D Higgins, while Dáil Éireann was searched after a further bomb warning.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.