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Veronica Maher (54) is also accused of money launcdering offences and setting an XL Bully dog on gardai.
Veronica Maher (in the middle), Jade Hennessy (on the right, in the denim jacket) and Kayleigh McEntee (covered up)
Gardai have been given a lengthy remand to get DPP’s directions in the case of a widow, her daughter and a third woman charged with money laundering offences.
Veronica Maher (54), the widow of Jason Hennessy Sr, who was shot dead in a gang-related attack on Christmas Eve 2023, is also accused of threatening to kill a garda and setting an XL Bully dog on officers.
Ms Maher, along with her daughter Jade Hennessy (32) and Kayleigh McEntee (26) appeared before Blanchardstown District Court on Tuesday morning.
All three are facing money laundering offences.
Veronica Maher (in the middle), Jade Hennessy (on the right, in the denim jacket) and Kayleigh McEntee (covered up)
News in 90 Seconds – Tuesday, October 14
Judge Aine Clancy adjourned all three cases to a date in February, after gardai told her DPP’s directions were outstanding on the charges.
Ms Maher is accused of endangerment at her home on Sheephill Avenue in Corduff on March 28, 2025.
It is alleged that Ms Maher intentionally or recklessly let a large, restricted breed – an XL Bully Pit Bull – from the garden of her home, causing gardai who were on patrol in the area to flee as it chased them.
She is charged with possession of a marked €10 note, which was used as part of an undercover garda operation to buy drugs from the back of her house and with threatening to kill a garda.
She is also accused of possessing €1,350 in cash of various denominations alleged to be the proceeds of crime.
Jade Hennessey, also of Sheephill Avenue in Corduff, is accused of possessing cocaine for sale or supply at the family home and having €1,575 in crime proceeds on April 3, 2025.
Kayleigh McEntee, of Waterville Row, Blanchardstown, is charged with possessing €6,875 in crime earnings at her co-defendants’ home on the same date.
Sergeant Maria Callaghan told the court that gardai were seeking a lengthy remand for DPP’s directions on the charges.
Defence solicitor Simon Fleming said there was consent to an adjournment to February.
The accused have not yet indicated how they intend pleading to the charges.