Declan McDermott pleads guilty to TNT possession

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Declan McDermott pleaded guilty to possessing TNT and a hand grenade at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 10 April 2019. The charge concerned 10 blocks of TNT and a hand-grenade explosive head allegedly possessed at Spring Garden Street, Dublin 3, on 2 June 2017. McDermott was remanded on continuing bail pending sentencing on 29 April 2019.

Martin Manning had previously pleaded guilty to the same TNT and hand-grenade possession charge at Spring Garden Street on 2 June 2017.