The four alleged burglars of a rural Clare farmhouse, where a 95 year old man was asleep last Friday, have been further remanded in custody.
The four men from Limerick, three from the same family, have appeared before Ennis District Court today.
At a special sitting of Ennis Disrict Court last Saturday, it was alleged that 38-year old John Woodland of Clarina Avenue in Limerick lured Vincent O’Connor away from his home at Ballyveskil, Tiermaclane on the pretence of buying silage.
It was also alleged that at the same time, three other men; father and son 43-year-old Patrick and 18-year-old Edward Woodland, both of Greenmount Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston and 30-year-old Paul Keily of Glencairn, Dooradoyle, forcibly entered the farmhouse, but fled when they discovered Mr O’Connor’s elderly father asleep.
Judge Mary Larkin refused bail to brothers Patrick and John Woodland – the two other men, Paul Kiely and Edward Woodland, both have consent to bail if they can provide an independent surety, but haven’t done so to date.
Today, the four men appeared in court via video link from Limerick prison and Inspector Tom Kennedy applied to the court for the case be put back by two weeks to allow directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Judge Patrick Durcan remanded all four in custody to re-appear in court in two weeks time on January 24th.
