Three Dublin men involved in a foiled armed raid on the home of a Galway businessman have pleaded guilty to charges related to the incident.
54-year-old Thomas Freeman from Clondalkin, Michael McCormack, 32, from Tallaght and 22-year-old Greg Kelly from Ballymun pleaded guilty to charges of falsely imprisoning Julian Flynn and his family.
Freeman and McCormack also pleaded guilty to having a shotgun with intend to commit a robbery.
They are to be sentenced in March.