Ruling due on bail application for man wanted by FBI on child porn charges

The High Court will rule today on whether a 28-year-old Irishman, described by an FBI agent as “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet”, can bring a second application for bail.

Mr Justice John Edwards said there were “clearly weighty issues to be reflected on” in the reapplication for bail by Eric Eoin Marques, and that court would give its ruling this morning on whether the matter would proceed.

The US authorities are seeking the extradition of Mr Marques, on charges relating to images on over 100 “anonymous websites” described as extremely violent, graphic and depicting the rape and torture of pre- pubescent children.