John O’Brien admits explosive-possession assistance charge

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John O’Brien, 56, admitted on 9 April 2019 to knowingly rendering assistance to an unlawful organisation in the furtherance of an unlawful object involving possession of an explosive substance.

The charge concerned possession at his home on North Great Clarence Street, Dublin 1, on 2 June 2017, in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable suspicion that the substance was not held for a lawful object.