Conan Murphy admits explosives charge at Dublin court

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Conan Murphy pleaded guilty to possessing explosives at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 23 November 2016.

The charge concerned explosive substances at Aghaboys, Mount Pleasant, on 22 May 2010. Murphy was remanded in custody for sentencing on 25 November, with a further unlawful-organisation membership count also indicated for consideration.

His earlier conviction for the explosives offence was quashed on appeal, and a retrial was ordered.