THREE MEN appeared in court yesterday, charged with threatening and making demands on a publican ordering him to stop trading “within 24 hours”.
The charges against each of the men state the alleged menacing behaviour was in order to “gain for yourself or another”, or that they, “to cause loss to another, made an unwarranted demand to cease trading in the Castle public house and close within 24 hours”.
Alan Ryan (30), of Grange Abbey Drive, Donaghmede; Daryl Mulcahy (20), with an address at Matt Talbot Court, and Derek Nolan (29), from Seacliff Road, Baldoyle, were charged under Section 17 of the Public Order Act for making a demand with menaces on March 13th last of Shane Simpson, the former leaseholder of the Castle public house, in Summerhill, in the north inner city.
Garda Elaine O’Malley told Judge David McHugh at Dublin District Court she arrested Mr Ryan at 7.41am on Thursday and he was brought to Store Street station. He made no reply after the charge was put to him at 6.33pm that day.
She had no objection to bail providing conditions were attached and added she was seeking a “remand for directions”.
Garda Damien Kildea told Judge McHugh that Mr Mulcahy “made no reply to the charge after caution”.
The officer also asked for similar bail conditions to be imposed on Mr Mulcahy.
Garda Peter Hughes told Judge McHugh that Mr Nolan made no reply when he was charged on Thursday evening. Garda Hughes also asked the court to set bail conditions.
Judge McHugh granted bail and ordered the men to stay away from Shane Simpson and his brother Stephen Simpson “and staff from the Castle pub”.
They were also ordered not to associate with each other, and to sign on daily at their local Garda stations.
The locations of the Garda stations were not read out in court, at the request of defence solicitor Michael Finucane, and were furnished to the judge in writing.
Mr Ryan and Mr Nolan were also banned, as conditions of bail, from going to the Dublin 1 and Dublin 3 areas.
Mr Mulcahy was ordered to stay out of the Dublin 1 area only and told he must notify gardaí if he intended to change his address.
The three men, who were not required to speak during yesterday’s brief hearing, were each remanded on bail in their own bond of €500 to appear again on June 24th next.