Patrick Brennan jailed for seven years over TNT bus offence

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Patrick Brennan was jailed for seven years for possessing TNT and detonators at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 28 February 2019. The explosives were found in his bag after he boarded a Bus Éireann service from Dublin to Londonderry at Busáras.

Brennan had pleaded guilty to possessing four blocks of TNT and three electric detonators. The sentence was backdated to his arrest; the court imposed the full term after he could not give an undertaking not to associate with unlawful organisations.