Rattigan trial sent forward to Special Criminal Court

A Drimnagh man is to have his trial take place before the Special Criminal Court after the Director of Public Prosecutions stated that ordinary courts are “inadequate” to deal with it.

Brian Rattigan (aged 30) of Cooley Road, Drimnagh faces charges of possessing two mobile phones while an inmate in Portloaise Prison and of possesion of drugs in west Dublin