Judge Tom O’Donnell requested counsel in the case to consider issues of commonality in an effort to move the case forward.
He has already granted legal aid to the five accused to cover the cost of a documentary junior counsel to manage what was described as a complex case. He was told by counsel representing the accused that eight weeks would be required for the trial. The court heard the issue of phone data will form a significant part of pretrial matters, as well as in addition to the execution of a search warrant.
Judge O’Donnell fixed the week beginning July 31st to hear pretrial matters, with a view to setting a trial for a date in October. He asked if the issue of separate trials was something he had to consider as it raises its own complexities and was told this was an “unlikely scenario”.An earlier application brought last year by the DPP, to have the trial relocated out of Limerick to Dublin, was refused by Judge O’Donnell.
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