Dessie O'Hare has been remanded on bail pending a decision on whether he will be tried in the Special Criminal Court on charges of assault, violent disorder and false imprisonment of three people in Dublin.
Mr O'Hare, 61, with an address at Slaterock Road, Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh, was charged last week and remanded in custody with consent to bail on his own bond of €100 and a €20,000 independent surety.
He faced a hearing today when he appeared again before Judge Alan Mitchell at Dublin District Court.
Judge Mitchell noted from defence solicitor Ciarán Mulholland that Mr O'Hare has taken up bail.
He was charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm and false imprisonment of a man at Rathcoole, Saggart, Co Dublin, on 9 June 2015 and falsely imprisoning two others members of the same family, a male and a female, at a house at The Towers, Garter Lane, Saggart on the same date.
He was also charged with engaging in violent disorder and assault causing harm to another named male at the same location.
Garda Inspector Columbanus O'Malley asked for an adjournment to allow time for a book of evidence to be completed and he expected it to be ready in four weeks.
He also said the adjournment was to see if the Director of Public Prosecutions will be granted a certificate for trial in the Special Criminal Court.
Judge Mitchell said that, because the accused lived in Northern Ireland and had to travel to Dublin for hearings, it would suit better to put the case back for five weeks.
He said it would give the State extra time to finish the book of evidence and to see whether the case will be sent forward to the non-jury Special Criminal Court or remain in the ordinary courts.
The case resumes at the district court on 19 February next.
Mr O'Hare has not yet indicated how he will plead.
His bail terms stated he must reside at his current address and the Police Service of Northern Ireland and gardaí must be notified of any change.
He also had to surrender his passport, be contactable by phone, abide by a curfew and sign on daily at a Garda station in Castleblayney Co Monaghan.
