{"id":436805,"date":"2026-05-07T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436805\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:51:09","slug":"men-accused-of-attempting-to-enter-ireland-illegally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436805\/","title":{"rendered":"Men accused of attempting to enter\u00a0Ireland illegally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Documentation will be sent to Interpol to confirm the identities of two men accused of attempting to enter the country illegally through Kerry Airport.<\/p>\n

The Georgian nationals appeared before Tralee District Court<\/a> via video-link from Cork Prison yesterday<\/p>\n

The men, who arrived at Kerry Airport<\/a> on a flight from Alicante on Friday (May 1st), both face a number of charges in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n

They face charges, including failing to produce a valid passport or equivalent document, and failure to present themselves to immigration officers to apply for permission to enter the country.<\/p>\n

Outlining the evidence to the men, through a Georgian interpreter, Judge David Waters said both men travelled from Alicante to Kerry, however, there was no record on the planes manifest on the identity of the individuals.<\/p>\n

A plane manifest is a finalised document listing all passengers and crew on a flight, used for security, safety, and immigration purposes.<\/p>\n

The judge noted it was indicated to Garda\u00ed that both men had destroyed their ID\u2019s on the plane and attempted to enter the country by trying to bypass immigration.<\/p>\n

The court heard that the accused had to be brought back to immigration by force and refused to cooperate with Garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Judge Waters noted that by viewing the men\u2019s phones and Facebook apps they attained the details of both individuals, which did not appear in the manifest.<\/p>\n

He outlined that after two days the men decided to apply for asylum and noted the individuals went to great lengths to get into the country.<\/p>\n

Representing the men, solicitor Brendan Ahern<\/a> outlined that he had been contact by family members of both men in Georgia, with documentation that appears to confirm their identities.<\/p>\n

Sergeant Chris Manton noted this, but stated as Georgia is outside the EU, the documentation will need to go through Interpol to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Mr Ahern outlined that the state has already charged both men, however, Judge Waters stated their identity must be confirmed.<\/p>\n

The judge further remanded both men in custody to allow their identities be clarified and confirmed for the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Documentation will be sent to Interpol to confirm the identities of two men accused of attempting to enter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,190536,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-436805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sent-to-interpol","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436805","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=436805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}