Pensioner who put bomb on bus to Dublin opens appeal in Irish

Dónal Billings also made hoax bomb threats during the Queen’s State visit to Ireland, including that two bombs had been placed in the toilets at Cork airport.

A pensioner who put a bomb on a bus bound for Dublin, and made hoax bomb threats during the Queen of England’s State visit to Ireland, has opened an appeal against his conviction in the Irish language.

Dónal Billings (67), with an address at St Bridget’s Court, Drumlish, County Longford, was found guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court of possessing an explosive substance at Longford railway station car park on May 16, 2011.