Paul O'Beirne pleads guilty to helping murder Vinnie Ryan

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Paul O'Beirne pleaded guilty to facilitating a serious offence by a criminal organisation in the murder of Vinnie Ryan at a hearing on 23 July 2019. O'Beirne's charge alleged that he knowingly facilitated the organisation or one of its members by providing and destroying a motor vehicle.

The judge remanded O'Beirne in custody until 26 July for a sentence hearing, while stating that sentence would not be imposed that day. The report said the charge concerned facilitating the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation through the provision and destruction of a motor vehicle.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.