Tony McInerney admits further offences after drug sentence cut on appeal

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Tony McInerney was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court on 10 July 2023 on charges of discharging a firearm and threatening to kill or cause serious harm. He pleaded guilty to both charges. The proceedings were reported on 10 July 2023.

The firearm charge related to an alleged intentional or reckless discharge creating a substantial risk of death or serious harm at Pound Street, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare, on 18 January 2020. The threat charge related to Daniel Harty Snr at Inis Eagla, Shannon, Co Clare, on an unknown date between 1 January 2019 and 18 January 2020.

In May 2023, McInerney had pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Daniel Harty Jnr at Pound Street on 18 January 2020. Mr Justice Paul McDermott set 16 October 2023 for sentencing, saying he first needed to hear details of the offences from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

McInerney had previously been jailed for 12 years after being caught running a cocaine factory in 2020. The Court of Appeal later reduced that sentence to 10 years. Judge Brian O’Callaghan at Ennis Circuit Criminal Court had heard that McInerney was mixing cocaine when gardaí raided a property outside Ennis. He had pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for sale or supply at Kilfilum, Ennis, and to possessing crime cash on 23 September 2020.