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Mick Wallace and Clare Daly attend court hearing for IRA accused
Summary
Three TDs, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, and Maureen O'Sullivan, attended the Special Criminal Court today for a hearing related to the case of Donal O'Coisdealbha, a 23-year-old Dublin man charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on May 13th, 2015. O'Coisdealbha is also alleged to have possessed a component part of an improvised explosive device, a time and power unit (TPU), at a personal storage locker under his control at Protector Life Sciences, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Co Kildare, on the same date. The court was informed that O'Coisdealbha, who has been in custody since May, intends to make a renewed bail application this week. A previous bail application in May was refused, and the decision was upheld by the High Court. The bail application is listed for Thursday, December 17th. The case is currently at the trial stage, with no pleas, findings, sentences, or finalisations recorded for the accused, Donal O'Coisdealbha, or the other accused, Mick Wallace TD, who faces similar charges of IRA membership and explosives offences.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Mick Wallace and Clare Daly attend court hearing for IRA accused. Charges or matters: membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann otherwise the IRA within the State on May 13th, 2015; IRA membership and explosives offences. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- May 13th, 2015 Incident
- Thursday, December 17th Hearing Or Sentence
- 2015-12-15 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann otherwise the IRA within the State on May 13th, 2015 (Alleged Or Contested)
Accused
Charges: IRA membership and explosives offences; membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann otherwise the IRA within the State on May 13th, 2015 (Alleged Or Contested)
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- The Special Criminal Court
- High Court
Topics
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