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Brothers Glen Ward and Eric O'Driscoll withdraw bail applications

Summary

Two brothers, Glen Ward (31) and Eric O'Driscoll (22), both from Finglas, have withdrawn their bail applications in the Special Criminal Court after being charged with possession of firearms and reckless discharge of assault rifles in January 2022. Ward is accused of possessing a .223 Remington AR‑15 semi‑automatic rifle and discharging it on 1 January 2022 at Ratoath Drive, while O'Driscoll faces similar charges plus additional allegations of possessing a .380 ACP calibre Ingram M11 submachine gun on 9 January 2022. The charges are under the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 and the Firearms Act 1964. Judge Tony Hunt offered the men time to decide whether to proceed to trial, noting a November trial date is available and giving them until later this month to inform the court of their decision. The brothers will indicate later this month whether they wish to go to trial.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Brothers Glen Ward and Eric O'Driscoll withdraw bail applications. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• January 2022 Incident
• January 1, 2022 Incident
• January 9, 2022 Incident
• 2024-07-01 Publication

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Stage Trial Violent Crime

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