Dessie O'Hare had bail varied in false imprisonment case

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Dessie O'Hare had his bail varied by the Special Criminal Court on 8 June 2018 while facing false imprisonment and threatening-to-kill charges. The alleged offences took place in Saggart and elsewhere in County Dublin on 9 June 2015. O'Hare was also charged with assault causing harm and violent disorder.

The court allowed him to travel to Lourdes with his wife from 6 to 12 July, subject to the surrender of his travel documents. Outside that trip, he had to sign on twice weekly at a Garda station and observe a midnight-to-5am curfew. A trial date of 29 April the following year had previously been set.