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Mr Flashy and brother further sentenced over violent disorder and motorcycle chase
Summary
Glen Ward (32) and his brother Eric O'Driscoll (23) were further sentenced on 21 May 2025 for violent disorder and related offences committed in 2022. Both pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Cardiffsbridge Road, Finglas West on 9 August 2022 and to producing a bicycle saddle during a dispute at Dunnes Stores. They also pleaded guilty to possessing a .223 calibre Remington AR‑15 semi‑automatic rifle on 1 January 2022, with circumstances suggesting unlawful use. Ward received a six‑year, three‑month Special Criminal Court sentence, with the final nine months suspended; O'Driscoll received a six‑year sentence, with the final year suspended. In addition, Ward was given an 18‑month suspended sentence for violent disorder, while O'Driscoll received a two‑year sentence with the final 18 months suspended. Judge Elva Duffy noted the sentences were mandatory consecutive terms and banned O'Driscoll from driving for ten years.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Mr Flashy and brother further sentenced over violent disorder and motorcycle chase. Charges or matters: violent disorder at Cardiffsbridge Road, Finglas West on August 9, 2022; the production of a bicycle saddle in the course of a dispute on the same date, after O'Driscoll went to Dunnes Stores in Finglas, where the court heard there were "verbals" between two groups of people; a charge that on January 1, 2022, at an address in Finglas, they possessed or had control of a .223 calibre Remington AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable inference that they did not have it for a lawful purpose. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 9, 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 1, 2022 Incident
- November 17, 2022 Incident
- 2025-05-21 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: violent disorder at Cardiffsbridge Road, Finglas West on August 9, 2022; the production of a bicycle saddle in the course of a dispute on the same date, after O'Driscoll went to Dunnes Stores in Finglas, where the court heard there were "verbals" between two groups of people; a charge that on January 1, 2022, at an address in Finglas, they possessed or had control of a .223 calibre Remington AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable inference that they did not have it for a lawful purpose (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Both men are serving Special Criminal Court sentences imposed last month for firing a semi-automatic rifle from the back of a Dublin house in a video-recorded "display of strength" designed to intimidate others. O'Driscoll was also sentenced after he pleaded to endangerment and dangerous driving offences arising out of a motorcycle incident in November 17, 2022.
Convicted Person
Charges: violent disorder at Cardiffsbridge Road, Finglas West on August 9, 2022; the production of a bicycle saddle in the course of a dispute on the same date, after O'Driscoll went to Dunnes Stores in Finglas, where the court heard there were "verbals" between two groups of people; a charge that on January 1, 2022, at an address in Finglas, they possessed or had control of a .223 calibre Remington AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable inference that they did not have it for a lawful purpose (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Glen Ward, the criminal referred to as Mr Flashy during a recent High Court case, has along with his brother been further sentenced for violent disorder and other offences three years ago. Both men are serving Special Criminal Court sentences imposed last month for firing a semi-automatic rifle from the back of a Dublin house in a video-recorded "display of strength" designed to intimidate others.
Places mentioned
- High Court
- Special Criminal Court
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Cardiffsbridge Road
- Dublin
- Dublin house
- Cappagh Road
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