Man charged with having explosives in Kilkenny home - four charged with violent disorder

Four men have appeared in court charged in relation to an incident in the centre of Callan, earlier this year.

Charges also arise from separate alleged incidents.

James O’Reilly, 5 Skeogh, Callan, is charged with violent disorder at Bridge Street, Callan, on March 13 last.

Michael O’Reilly Snr, 5 Skeogh, Callan, is charged with violent disorder on March 13, at Bridge Street.
He is also charged with the production of an article intended to intimidate another person, at Skeogh, on March 11, 2025.
He is further charged with possession of explosives, on March 27, 2025, at 5 Skeogh, Callan.

Michael O’Reilly Jnr, 5 Skeogh, Callan, is charged with violent disorder, at Bridge Street, Callan, on March 13, 2025.

Tony O’Reilly, 5 Skeogh, Callan, is charged with the production of an article capable of inflicting injury, at Skeogh, Callan, on March 11, 2025.
He is also charged with violent disorder, at Bridge Street, Callan, on March 13, 2025.

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‘Complicated’
Kilkenny District Court heard that directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions are still outstanding in this case.
It’s a “very complicated matter,” Sergeant Morgan O’Connor told Judge Geraldine Carthy.

Solicitor Joe Farrell said there have been “no flash points” since.
This was confirmed by Sgt O’Connor who said there have been no issues and people “are behaving.”

Bail Conditions
An application to alter the defendants’ bail conditions to signing on at a garda station one day a week was approved.
However, an application to lift a curfew was denied.

Judge Carthy adjourned the case to a sitting in October, for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions, peremptory against the state.