Five men received suspended sentences for violent disorder

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Five men each received a three-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following violence at the Castle Inn pub in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The proceedings were reported on 1 May 2015.

Brian Mongan pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assault. Martin Mongan, Simon Reilly, Anthony Reilly and Patrick Reilly pleaded guilty to violent disorder. The offences took place on 16 October 2012.

The men, who were all related, caused more than €26,000 in damage after a wedding party at the pub. Judge Martin Nolan described the incident as “12 minutes of mayhem, violence, aggression and anarchy”.

The judge said the men appeared otherwise to be of good character but had acted “grossly reprehensibly”. He suspended their sentences and ordered them to pass the €8,700 they had already raised, in varying individual amounts, to gardaí for payment to the pub owners.

Judge Martin Nolan also gave the men 12 months to provide a further collective €5,400 for the pub owners. That further amount was in addition to the €8,700 already raised.