Three men who were part of a self-styled terrorist organisation that planned to blow up a mosque in Galway last year have been jailed at the Special Criminal Court as the presiding judge told them they have “brought shame on us all.”
36-year-old Garrett Pollock of Kilhorne Greene, Annalong, Co Down was sentenced to ten and a half years with the last year suspended.
34-year-old Darren Gorman of O’Moore Place in Portlaoise was sentenced eight years with the last year suspended and 39-year-old Karolis Peckauskas with an address at Newfoundwell Road, Drogheda, Co Louth was sentenced to eight years in prison with the last year suspended.
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Source: RTE.ie News
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