Hugh McWeeney jailed for €50,730 hotel robbery

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Hugh McWeeney was sentenced for armed robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five years, with one suspended, in a report on 4 April 2016.

He pleaded guilty to robbing €50,730 and possessing a firearm intending to commit robbery at The Gate Hotel on 11 May 2015.

The court heard two men demanded cash being delivered to a security company, while McWeeney was not armed.

Judge Melanie Greally said the robbery was planned and noted links between McWeeney’s previous offending and drug abuse.

All the money was recovered after civilians restrained the raiders until gardaí arrived.