Two Limerick brothers have been charged with possession of cocaine and cannabis for sale or supply, after they allegedly offloaded the drugs to another man who stashed some of the drugs into his underwear as they were being followed by garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Garda Stephen McEntegart and Garda Mike O\u2019Grady, both attached to the Divisional Drugs Unit, Henry Street, Limerick, gave evidence in court of charging Aaron O\u2019Donoghue, 25, and his brother Thomas O\u2019Donoghue, 20, both natives of Hyde Road, Prospect, Limerick City.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed arrested the two brothers last Monday night, Limerick District Court heard on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Aaron O\u2019Donoghue faces one count of possession of cannabis for sale or supply, as well as one count of simple possession of cannabis, on July 6th, 2025.<\/p>\n
Thomas O\u2019Donoghue faces one count of possessing cocaine for sale or supply, as well as one count of simple possession of cocaine, on July 6th, 2025.<\/p>\n
During a joint hearing for the two accused siblings, Garda McEntegart objected to bail, under Section 2 of the Bail Act, 1997, \u201con the belief\u201d that both accused siblings would each \u201ccontinue to commit further serious crimes\u201d and \u201cfail to meet that bail\u201d.<\/p>\n
Garda McEntegart told the court that garda\u00ed travelling in an unmarked patrol car stopped a taxi that was carrying four males, including the two accused, who travelled from a property used by the O\u2019Donoghue brothers at Meelick, Co Clare, and then along the Knockalisheen Road, and onto Hennessy Avenue, Kileely, Limerick, at 7.30pm, July 6th last.<\/p>\n
Garda McEntegart said Garda\u00ed searched the taxi and found \u20ac2,500 worth of cannabis at the feet of a male passenger, plus a further \u20ac3,850 worth of cocaine stashed in this man\u2019s underwear.<\/p>\n
On August 27th last, Garda\u00ed obtained a warrant and seized video and audio feed from the taxi, which, Garda McEntegart alleged, showed the two accused brothers on CCTV footage from both the interior and exterior of the vehicle on the evening in question.<\/p>\n
Garda McEntegart said the footage showed the taxi \u201cparked in the driveway of Sandy Acre, Meelick, a property used by the O\u2019Donoghues\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll four males stopped in this taxi are seen exiting the backyard of Sandy Acre, Meelick, and getting into the taxi.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas O\u2019Donoghue is clearly visible holding the bag of cocaine and observing the unmarked patrol vehicle behind him. He handed this suspected cocaine to (the other passenger), who conceals it in his underwear.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAaron O\u2019Donoghue then takes out a package from his jacket containing the cannabis which he throws at (another passenger), who throws it back at Aaron O\u2019Donoghue, who throws it back at (this man) and lands at his feet before the vehicle is subsequently stopped by garda\u00ed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garda McEntegart said: \u201cMy belief is that if granted bail, the applicants will continue to further similar serious offences, including the distribution of large amounts of drugs in Limerick city and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garda McEntegart said that, in his opinion, the brothers’ release \u201cwould not be in the best interests of the public at large, given the nature and seriousness of the offences alleged against them\u201d.<\/p>\n
Garda McEntegart said the two accused men replied \u201cno comment\u201d when interviewed by garda\u00ed about the offences alleged against them.<\/p>\n
Judge Carrol Anne Coolican said both accused men were \u201centitled to the presumption of innocence\u201d.<\/p>\n
The judge refused Aaron O\u2019Donoghue bail and granted Thomas O\u2019Donoghue bail.<\/p>\n
Thomas O\u2019Donoghue agreed to a number of bail conditions, including that he stay away from Sandy Acre, Meelick, Co Clare; sign on daily at a local garda station; reside at his current address at Kickham Avenue, Prospect; obey a nightly curfew; and be available to garda\u00ed 24\/7 on a charged and in-credit mobile phone.<\/p>\n
Judge Coolican remanded the brothers to appear before Limerick District Court again on September 16th for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Limerick brothers have been charged with possession of cocaine and cannabis for sale or supply, after they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-13531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}