A man who allegedly used the details of two babies who died in the 1950s in order obtain Irish passports has been identified as a 72-year-old US national.
The District Court in Cork was told the man had been identified through enquiries with the US embassy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as Randolph Parker.
The court was told that detectives from the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation had established Mr Parker's identity and that he had a date of birth of 7 March 1951.
Mr Parker is facing three charges of providing false information in relation to passport applications in the names of two deceased babies, Philip Morris and Geoffrey Warbrook, who died in the 1950s.
He observed this morning's court proceedings via video link from Cork Prison, where he has been in custody on remand.
Mr Parker spoke only to confirm that he could see and hear the three-minute hearing.
At the outset, prosecuting garda, Sergeant Pat Lyons, applied to have the charge sheet amended.
Up to now, the name on the charge sheet had been given as Philip Morris.
Judge Mary Dorgan agreed to change that to Randolph Parker, after hearing from Detective Garda Padraic Hanley of the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation that he had been identified through the US embassy and the FBI.
Mr Parker's solicitor, Frank Buttimer, said his client acknowledged that his correct name was Randolph Kirk Parker, and that his date of birth was as stated by Detective Garda Hanley.
No other details on his background were given in court.
Sgt Lyons said, "now that the State has crossed that hurdle", his application was for a further remand in custody for four weeks, until 5 December.
Mr Buttimer said it was also hoped that progress could be made in obtaining directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions on how the case should proceed.
At the District Court last month, Detective Garda Hanley said he believed he had a positive identification for Mr Parker, based on a 1970 arrest record from the FBI.
He said extensive international enquiries had been made.
He said detectives were dealing with fingerprints and he sought an adjournment to verify the information, saying "this only came to us at the end of last week".
Mr Parker has been in custody since his arrest at the Passport Office in Cork on 14 September.
