Man who tried to blow up ATM at Cork garage faces explosives charge

A Garda told the court the explosion close to the petrol and diesel tanks "would have had catastrophic consequences".

Evan Stubbins was charged in August with causing criminal damage to the AIB ATM and with attempting to steal the contents of the ATM. Picture: Provision

An explosives charge was brought today in relation to a young man’s potentially catastrophic attempts to blow up an ATM attached to a petrol station.

As soon as Garda Jeremy O’Leary charged Evan Stubbins from Church Road, Croom, Co Limerick, with the explosives charges the 23-year-old man indicated that he wanted to sign a plea of guilty to this charge and two others at Cork District Court.