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Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Tánaiste and family

Patrick Grealish with an address at Garraí An Choirce in Leitir Mealláin, was remanded on continuing bail to appear in court again on 16 December (File image)
Patrick Grealish with an address at Garraí An Choirce in Leitir Mealláin, was remanded on continuing bail to appear in court again on 16 December (File image)

A 48-year-old man has pleaded guilty at Doire an Fhéich District Court, Conamara, Co Galway, to making an online threat to kill or cause serious harm to Tánaiste Simon Harris and his family in August of last year.

Patrick Grealish, with an address at Garraí An Choirce in Leitir Mealláin, was remanded on continuing bail to appear in court again on 16 December.

The matter was put back to allow for a probation report and a victim impact statement.

In August 2024, the Conamara man was arrested and charged at a garda station in the northwest region, with making a threat to Mr Harris, intending for him to believe it would be carried out, to kill or cause him and his family serious harm.

The court previously heard that under Grealish's bail conditions, he must stay off all social media and the internet and surrender all travel documentation.

He must also reside at his home in Leitir Mealláin with a curfew imposed between 11pm and 7am.