Ireland Case No. 0570Dangerous driving · Co. Dublin · 18 Jul 2026
Man granted bail after dangerous driving charge in Skerries
On Saturday 18 July 2026 at approximately 9.45pm, a car was driven at a group of people during a public order incident on Harbour Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin, after a large number of youths gathered and an altercation broke out. Four people were injured, including three teenagers (two females and one male in their late teens) taken to Beaumont Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and a fourth male who also sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Seán McGlone, a 29-year-old man from Drogheda, Co. Louth, was arrested at his home on Sunday 19 July at 6pm and charged with dangerous driving at Balbriggan Garda Station at 10.20pm. He appeared before Judge Stephanie Coggins at Balbriggan District Court on Monday 20 July and was granted bail on a €5,000 bond with a €1,000 cash lodgement, subject to conditions including signing on three times a week and staying out of Skerries and Balbriggan. He is due to appear in court again on 23 September 2026.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrested19 Jul
- Charged20 Jul
4 reports - In court1 Jul
4 reports - Verdict
- Sentenced
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- A car was driven at a group of people during a public order incident after a large number of youths gathered and an altercation broke out.
- Four people were injured, including three teenagers (two females and one male in their late teens) taken to Beaumont Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and a fourth male with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Where
- The incident took place on Harbour Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin.
- When
- The incident occurred at approximately 9.45pm on Saturday 18 July 2026.
- Investigation
- Seán McGlone, a 29-year-old man from Drogheda, Co. Louth (one report gives his age as 26), was arrested at his home on Sunday 19 July 2026 at 6pm on suspicion of endangerment.
- Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and camera footage from the area.
- Charges
- He was charged with dangerous driving at Balbriggan Garda Station at 10.20pm on Sunday 19 July 2026.
- In court
- He appeared before Judge Stephanie Coggins at Balbriggan District Court on Monday 20 July 2026 and was granted bail on his own bond of €5,000 with a €1,000 cash lodgement.
- He is due to appear before Balbriggan District Court again on 23 September 2026.
- Other details
- Bail conditions include signing on three times a week at Drogheda Garda Station, staying out of Balbriggan and Skerries, no contact with witnesses, no alcohol, and good behaviour.
- McGlone works as a van driver and made no reply after caution.
89 statements extracted from the articles
- whatFour people, including three teenagers, were injured. (thejournal.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whatDuring the incident a car drove at a number of people. (thejournal.ie, gript.ie)
- whatA large number of youths gathered and an altercation broke out. (garda.ie)
- whatA car struck a number of people during the incident. (garda.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whatThree individuals, two females and one male all in their late teens, were taken to Beaumont Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (garda.ie)
- whatAn additional male was reported to have received non-life-threatening injuries. (garda.ie)
- whatGardaí in Skerries responded to a public order incident at Harbour Road (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe incident included a large fight (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThree teenagers (two females and one male) were taken to Beaumont Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries (dublinlive.ie)
- whatAn additional male received non-life-threatening injuries (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe suspect is a man in his 20s (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThree teenagers, two girls and a boy, were taken to Beaumont Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatAnother male was also reported to have received non-life-threatening injuries. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA large number of youths gathered on the road and a fight allegedly broke out. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA car was allegedly driven at a number of people in Skerries (irishmirror.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whatA car was driven at several people in a public disorder incident (irishtimes.com)
- whatFour people were injured in the incident (irishtimes.com)
- whatA 26-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving. (gript.ie)
- whatA car was driven into a group of people in Skerries. (rte.ie)
- whereThe incident took place in Harbour Road, Skerries. (thejournal.ie, gript.ie)
- whereThe incident occurred at Harbour Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin. (garda.ie, irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe incident occurred on Harbour Road in Skerries (irishmirror.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whereThe incident occurred at Harbour Road, Skerries (irishtimes.com)
- whereGardaí responded to an altercation on Harbour Road in Skerries shortly before 10pm on a Saturday night. (rte.ie)
- whenThe incident took place on Saturday night 18 July 2026 at approximately 9.45pm. (garda.ie)
- whenThe incident occurred at approximately 9.45pm on Saturday 18 July 2026 (dublinlive.ie)
- whenGardaí responded to the incident at around 9.30pm on Saturday 18 July 2026. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe incident took place on Saturday, 18 July 2026 (irishmirror.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whenThe incident happened on Saturday night, 18 July 2026 (irishtimes.com)
- whenMcGlone was arrested at his home at 6pm on Sunday (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe incident happened on Saturday night. (gript.ie)
- causeGardaí said there had been a public order incident after a large number of youths gathered and an altercation broke out. (thejournal.ie)
- investigationMcGlone was arrested on suspicion of endangerment on the Sunday. (thejournal.ie)
- investigationThe arrested man is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda Station in the North Co. Dublin area. (garda.ie)
- investigationGardaí are appealing for witnesses and camera footage from the area. (garda.ie)
- investigationThe man is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda station in North Co Dublin (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationThe male was arrested on Sunday and detained at a garda station in the north Dublin area. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí continue to investigate the public order incident. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe accused was arrested at his home address on Sunday, 19 July at 6pm (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe accused was charged at 10.20pm on Sunday at Balbriggan Garda Station (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationMcGlone was arrested at his home on 19 July 2026 at 6pm (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationHe was charged at Balbriggan Garda Station at 10:20pm on 19 July 2026 (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationGardaí arrested the man at 6pm the day before the court appearance. (gript.ie)
- investigationGardaí arrested Mr McGlone at his home in Drogheda at around 6pm on the day before the court appearance, on suspicion of endangerment. (rte.ie)
- chargeMcGlone was later charged with dangerous driving. (thejournal.ie)
- chargeThe male in his 20s has been charged in connection with the incident. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeMcGlone was charged with dangerous driving shortly after 10pm at Balbriggan Garda station (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe was charged with dangerous driving (dublinlive.ie)
- chargeThe man is charged with dangerous driving. (gript.ie)
- chargeSean McGlone has been charged with dangerous driving. (rte.ie)
- chargeMr McGlone was charged with dangerous driving at Balbriggan Garda Station at 10.20pm. (rte.ie)
- courtHe appeared before Balbriggan District Court on the Monday morning. (thejournal.ie)
- courtGardaí had no objection to bail but asked for restrictions. (thejournal.ie)
- courtA bail bond of 5,000 euro was set, with a cash lodgement of 1,000 euro. (thejournal.ie)
- courtThe man is due to appear at Balbriggan District Court on 20 July 2026 at 10:30am (dublinlive.ie)
- courtHe is due to appear before Balbriggan District Court on 20 July 2026 at 10:30am. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThe accused was granted bail on his own bond of €5,000 with a €1,000 cash lodgement (irishmirror.ie)
- courtHe must sign on three times a week at Drogheda Garda Station on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (irishmirror.ie)
- courtHe must stay out of the Balbriggan and Skerries areas except for court appearances (irishmirror.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- courtHe is allowed to travel the M1 due to his job as a van driver (irishmirror.ie)
- courtHe is to appear before the court again on 23 September (irishmirror.ie)
- courtJudge Stephanie Coggins ordered bail subject to several conditions (irishtimes.com)
- courtMcGlone must sign on at Drogheda Garda station three times each week (irishtimes.com)
- courtMcGlone must stay out of Skerries and Balbriggan (irishtimes.com)
- courtMcGlone must have no contact with any witnesses or people involved in the incident (irishtimes.com)
- courtMcGlone must not consume alcohol (irishtimes.com)
- courtMcGlone was granted bail on a bond of €5,000 with an initial cash lodgement of €1,000 (irishtimes.com)
- courtMcGlone will appear before the court again on 23 September (irishtimes.com)
- courtHe appeared before Judge Stephanie Coggins at Balbriggan District Court (dublinlive.ie)
- courtHe was granted bail on his own bond of €5,000 with a €1,000 cash lodgement (dublinlive.ie)
- courtHe is to appear before the court again on 23 September 2026 (dublinlive.ie)
- courtBail conditions include signing on three times a week at Drogheda Garda Station (dublinlive.ie)
- courtThe man was brought before Balbriggan District Court. (gript.ie)
- courtA bail bond of €5,000 was set, with a cash lodgement of €1,000 to be made. (gript.ie)
- courtMr McGlone appeared before Balbriggan District Court. (rte.ie)
- courtJudge Stephanie Coggins granted bail on his own bond of €5,000 with a lodgement of €1,000. (rte.ie)
- courtMr McGlone must sign on three times a week and avoid Balbriggan and Skerries. (rte.ie)
- courtMr McGlone must have no contact with any witnesses or potential witnesses in the case, must be of good behaviour and must not consume alcohol. (rte.ie)
- courtMr McGlone will appear in court again in Balbriggan on 23 September. (rte.ie)
- sentenceHe was ordered to sign on three times a week at Drogheda Garda Station and stay out of Balbriggan and Skerries. (thejournal.ie)
- otherThree teenagers were taken to Beaumont Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (thejournal.ie, gript.ie)
- otherA fourth male was later reported to have been injured. (thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com)
- otherVideos of the incident were widely circulated on social media (dublinlive.ie)
- otherThe accused made no reply after caution (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe accused was dressed in a green t-shirt and black tracksuit bottoms (irishmirror.ie)
- otherMcGlone made no reply when charged (irishtimes.com)
- otherMcGlone drives vans for a living and makes about €700 per week (irishtimes.com)
- otherHe works as a van driver (dublinlive.ie)
- otherThe court heard that the man was employed in Duleek, Co Louth and travelled nationwide as a van driver. (gript.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 20 Jul2026Man charged over incident where car driven into group
First report of this incident. Adds the charge, the arrest at a Drogheda home, bail terms and the next court date for the accused. The article gives no exact date for the incident, only that it happened at the weekend.
accused, Sean McGlone, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Sean McGlone - 20 Jul2026SKERRIES: Drogheda man charged with dangerous driving - Gript
Names the accused as Seán McGlone, 26, of Beechwood Drive, Drogheda, and reports his court appearance at Balbriggan District Court, the bail bond, and that three teenagers were treated in hospital after an altercation in which a car drove at people.
- 20 Jul2026Man appears in court after car allegedly driven at people in Skerries
Reports the first court appearance where bail was granted with strict conditions including signing on at Drogheda Garda Station and staying out of the Balbriggan and Skerries areas.
accused, Sean McGlone, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Sean McGlone - 20 Jul2026Man (29) charged with dangerous driving over Skerries public order incident
Reports the charging of Seán McGlone with dangerous driving and his bail hearing, including details of the injuries sustained by four people and the bail conditions imposed.
suspect, Seán McGlone, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Seán McGlonevictim, femalevictim, femalevictim, malevictim, male - 20 Jul2026Van driver charged after car was allegedly driven at people in Skerries
Reports the court hearing at Balbriggan District Court where the accused was granted bail with strict conditions, including signing on at Drogheda Garda Station three times a week and staying out of the Balbriggan and Skerries areas except for court appearances.
accused, Sean McGlone, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Sean McGlonevictim - 20 Jul2026Man, 20s, due in court over alleged Skerries car attack
Man in 20s charged and due at Balbriggan District Court; three teenagers and another male injured; public order incident involving a fight and a car driven at people.
suspect, 20s, malevictim, femalevictim, femalevictim, malevictim, male - 20 Jul2026Man charged over incident where car driven at group leaving three hospitalised
Reports the charging and provides details of the incident: the time (9.45pm), the number of people injured (four, including three teenagers in their late teens), the hospital (Beaumont), and the nature of the injuries (non-life-threatening).
suspect, 20s, malevictim, late teens, femalevictim, late teens, femalevictim, late teens, malevictim, male - 19 Jul202619/07/2026 Arrest, Public Order Incident, Harbour Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin, 18th July 2026
Original Garda press release reporting the incident, the injuries sustained, and the arrest of a male in his 20s.
victim, late teens, femalevictim, late teens, femalevictim, late teens, malevictim, malesuspect, 20s, male - 1 Jul2026Man charged with dangerous driving over Skerries incident
First report of the charge and bail hearing. Reports that the incident followed a gathering of youths, a car driving at people, three teenagers taken to Beaumont Hospital and a fourth male injured. Gives McGlone's age, address and bail conditions.
accused, Sean McGlone, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Sean McGlone