Man pleads guilty to making threats to Mary Lou McDonald and Drew Harris

Richard McGreevy, aged 28, of Whitechurch Place, Rathfarmham, Co Dublin appeared at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court via videolink

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A man has pleaded guilty to making threats to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris earlier this year.

Richard McGreevy, aged 28, of Whitechurch Place, Rathfarmham, Co Dublin appeared on Thursday at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court via videolink from Cloverhill Prison where he entered pleas to two counts of making a threat to kill or cause harm contrary to section 5 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.