Ireland Crime

Reports O'Donovan's High Court bail application, the adjournment of the application to Tuesday, and his next Special Criminal Court date on 5 October. Adds his charge details and the alleged storage location at Collins Barracks National Museum.

Adds the court appearance of Isobella Perrie Sullivan, her bail conditions, the defence account, and the adjournment date. Also names Simon O'Donovan as charged in relation to the same interception, with his remand to October 5.

Adds Isobella Perrie Sullivan's court appearance, her bail conditions, the adjournment to 28 September, her defence account, and the stop location on the N2 at Aclint. Also confirms Simon O'Donovan remanded in custody until 5 October.

Reports a brief Monaghan District Court hearing on Friday where the case was adjourned to 28 September while the DPP awaits updates. The defence says Sullivan was asked to take a bag north and was unaware of its contents, and that she was manipulated. Bail conditions include no contact with Saoradh or the New IRA. Co-accused Simon O’Donovan is charged and remanded in custody until 5 October.

Reports Simon O’Donovan’s High Court bail on €40,000 and its conditions, including a curfew and no contact with Saoradh; gives his return date of 5 October and the Special Criminal Court book of evidence; adds details of the Semtex seized and the co-accused’s bail.

Adds that Judge Raymond Finnegan approved a €15,000 independent surety, that Gardaí sought a bail condition barring contact with the co-accused, and that the next court date is 7 August before Monaghan District Court.

Reports the Special Criminal Court remand of Simon O'Donovan in custody until 5 October, the Chapelizod charge location, the alleged storage at the National Museum, and the charge of Isobella Perrie Sullivan at Trim District Court.

Reports that the two suspects are due back in court on 27 July 2026 and names Isobella Perrie Sullivan as a law student. Adds that the car was stopped on the N2 at Aclint and the bag was found in its rear seat.

First report of the car bomb seizure near the Border and subsequent charges; Perrie Sullivan granted bail at Trim District Court with strict conditions, and a second suspect due before the Special Criminal Court.

Reports the bail hearing at Trim District Court, the bail conditions imposed, and the DUP leader's public criticism of the bail decision. Also notes a second suspect, a man in his 40s, remains in custody in the Dublin area.

Confirms the man in his 40s has been charged and is due before the Special Criminal Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice on 25 July 2026 at 9:00pm; identifies the operation as targeting dissident republican activity.

Reports the bail hearing at Trim District Court on Friday evening, where bail was granted with conditions but she was remanded in custody pending a further bail hearing at Monaghan District Court on Monday. Adds her age, the stop location, the suspected IRA link and the other suspect still in custody.

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly confirmed the seizure was an 'extremely significant' explosive device and described the ongoing threat from dissident republicans. Legal textbooks were found in the law student's vehicle. The Irish Defence Forces EOD team examined the vehicle, with the outcome not released for operational reasons. Both suspects are detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939.

Garda press release confirming the female has been charged and is due before a Special Sitting of Trim District Court on 24 July 2026 at 7:00pm, and the male remains detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939, at a Garda station in the Dublin region.

Reports a bomb found in a car intercepted near Carrickmacross, the arrests of a woman and a man, and comments from the Garda Commissioner, Minister for Justice and PSNI.

Reports the woman's charge and her court appearance before Trim District Court, a second arrest of a man in his 40s, and comments from the Garda Commissioner.

First report of the charge and bail. Adds the stop location, the contents of the bag, the defence account that she had been asked to take the bag north and was unaware of its contents, and the bail conditions.

Clarifies that the defendant's lawyer, Gavin Booth, did not say she had spent time in Syria; he said she had spent time with the republican group Saoradh, and the Syria claim was a mishearing repeated in media reports.

Reports that Sullivan was granted bail at Cavan District Court after surety approval, with conditions including a €15,000 surety, passport surrender, a curfew and no contact with Saoradh or the New IRA. She is next due before Monaghan District Court on 7 August. Her defence said she had been manipulated into carrying the bag.