Limerick man accused of human trafficking in Greece granted bail

Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring said the allegations against the accused were of the 'highest order'

The defendant is alleged to have facilitated the transportation of 66 human beings, without life jackets, from an unknown desert place near Nafplio, Greece, towards Italy. File photo: Petros Giannakouris

A Limerick man wanted in Europe on a human trafficking charge has been remanded in custody with consent to bail.

Jeremiah O’Brien, aged 55, of Yellow Brick House, Roche’s Road, Rathkeale, Limerick, is alleged to have facilitated the transportation of 66 human beings, without life jackets, from an unknown desert place near Nafplio, Greece, towards Italy.