Four members of Ennis family at centre of major Garda probe plead guilty to various charges

One of the charges is connected to the activities of a criminal organisation

Underlining the scale of the investigation, more than 55 gardaí, including a number of senior rank, were to be called as witnesses in the case. File picture: Dan Linehan

Four members of an Ennis family have pleaded guilty to various offences arising from a major investigation by Clare Gardaí.

At Ennis Circuit Court on Wednesday a jury was ready to hear evidence in a case where Michael Doherty Snr, aged 63, and Ned Doherty, aged 33, of St Michael’s, Ballymaley, Ennis, were due to go on trial for participating or contributing to the activities of a criminal organisation on dates from November 2020 to March 5, 2021.