Child porn suspect to hear bail decision

A 28-year-old Irish man wanted in the US and described by an FBI agent as “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet”, will find out today if he is going to be released on bail.

Eric Eoin Marques had been refused bail by the High Court in Dublin last month, on foot of an extradition request by the FBI.

US authorities want to extradite Marques, who has dual Irish-US citizenship, to face trial on charges for distributing, conspiring to distribute, and advertising child pornography. It was also alleged that he aided and abetted a conspiracy to advertise child porn and the court has heard that if convicted, he could face consecutive sentences of up to 100 years in jail.