Seven charged over aggravated burglary

Seven men with addresses in north Dublin have appeared in court in connection with an aggravated burglary in Co Tipperary last Thursday when a family was “terrorised” by an armed gang.

The seven were all arrested in the hours following the incident at a rural house owned by a business couple near Killenaule in south Tipperary. They were held for questioning at a number of Garda stations since Thursday and charged late on Saturday night and yesterday morning.

Each has been charged with one count of aggravated burglary at a house at Burnchurch, Killenaule, Co Tipperary, on November 24 last. The maximum sentence if convicted is life imprisonment. Judge Terence Finn remanded all seven in custody to appear at Cashel district court again on Thursday.