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Man guilty of conspiracy to murder Dublin father in 2018

Robert Sheridan, 45, suffered fatal gunshot wounds to his head and body after opening a door of his home in Ballymun in October 2018
Robert Sheridan, 45, suffered fatal gunshot wounds to his head and body after opening a door of his home in Ballymun in October 2018

A man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder a father-of-two who was shot in the head and body at the front door of his home in Dublin in 2018.

Joseph Richards, 34, was charged in 2024 with the murder of 45-year-old Robert Sheridan at the deceased's home in Poppintree Crescent, Ballymun, on 5 October 2018.

At the Central Criminal Court this morning, Richards, with an address at Lanesborough Square in Finglas, Dublin, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder Mr Sheridan, contrary to section 4 of the Offences Against the Person Act.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott adjourned the matter to 16 February for a sentencing hearing.