Michael Murray jailed for Helen McEntee bomb threat

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Michael Murray was jailed for making a hoax bomb threat against Helen McEntee’s home, receiving a two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 19 March 2024.

The sentence is to run consecutively to the term he is already serving. Gardaí were dispatched to McEntee’s home but found no evidence of explosives, the court heard.

Murray was found guilty after a trial earlier that month of knowingly making a false report that raised an apprehension for someone’s safety. The threat was made from the Midlands Prison on 7 March 2021.

He appealed the conviction, according to a report published on 20 April 2024.