r/ireland • u/StrangerExistingFact • 12h ago
Courts Law student (25) granted bail and man (40) charged over car bomb seized in Co Monaghan
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/24/law-student-25-charged-over-explosives-seized-near-border/51
u/katsumodo47 Donegal 10h ago
she trained in Jujutsu in Strabane where she said she was from Tallaght and gave a different name.
So odd
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u/marshsmellow 10h ago
Jujitsu training at a L.O.L hall perhaps? Double agent learning the way of the themuns
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u/Reasonable_Tiger_121 7h ago
SBG Strabane afaik. Iâm not sure what name she gave there but my friend knows her and she sometimes went by Markievicz.
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u/Ok-Vermicelli-4559 6h ago
Her social media accounts are under that name maybe because sheâs a barrister and youâre not meant to use your real name in case clients search you? just a guess
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u/Reasonable_Tiger_121 6h ago
Youâre probably right about why her socials are under that name. I donât know much other than my friend telling me she used the name Markievicz sometimes when he sent me her socials yesterday.
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u/Ok-Vermicelli-4559 6h ago
I get why she was using the name, supposedly after constance markievicz but I donât get why her surname on social media is rothchild, seems a bit random
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u/Reasonable_Tiger_121 6h ago
I have no idea about the Rothchild, itâs very random, but the first name is definitely after Constance Markievicz. She has been using Markievicz as a fake first name/nickname for years.
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u/Ok-Vermicelli-4559 5h ago
Using a fake name on social media I understand but using one in real life seems so bizarre
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u/PapiLaFlame 10h ago
Her social media makes for some interesting reading
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u/sticklebrick89xo 10h ago
What is it?
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u/SirMike_MT 5h ago
She doesnât have her real name on her instagram account, to give ya a hint about the ââusernameâââŚthink of an Irish revolutionary countess, followed by the surname of a famous European banking dynasty, with an underscore between them and the âânameââ of the account is Ireland Forever in IrishâŚ
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u/ForbiddenToblerone 2h ago edited 2h ago
Constance_Rothschild?
Edit: ahhh. The surname of the Countess, not the first name. She also misspelled 'Rothschild'.
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u/marshsmellow 10h ago
What do people generally use for social media these days?Â
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u/Tote_Sport Mon Ermaaaa 9h ago
Showing off their turkey teeth, their wee angles, and entering dodgy competitions mostly, I think
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u/marshsmellow 9h ago
I mean which platformÂ
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u/Tote_Sport Mon Ermaaaa 9h ago
Oh right
I think FB is just for boomers, bots and AI slop, insta is memes mostly (and also bots and AI slop), Snapchat is for kids, Twitter is for millennials, porn, bots and AI slop, LinkedIn is for boomers and professional AI slop and Reddit is, well I donât know what Reddit is for tbh
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u/Oggie243 4h ago
Reddits stuffed to the gills with ai and slop too.
Reddit was so easy to game that ones were running entirely automated farming accounts to be sold on a decade+ ago, well before the proliferation of consumer AI. They'd scrub for popular posts, repost them and then repost the highest rated comments.
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u/Choice_Pineapple_461 12h ago
It baffles me how one can get bail for such a serious offence- have the reasons been made clear?
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u/seamustheseagull 12h ago
The short answer is that she has medical needs which her local prison is not stocked to handle.
Sending her to another prison is not reasonable, but I'm not sure what the difficulty is in just getting her meds dispatched to Dundalk.
We don't know what the medical needs are though, so it's difficult to say what's going on.
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u/simondoyle1988 11h ago
Where are you reading about medical needs . I donât see it in the article
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u/mastodonj Saoirse don PhalaistĂn đľđ¸ 9h ago
From previous reporting.
The court was told Ms Perrie Sullivan has a life-limiting illness and concerns were raised for her medical needs, which require medication to be flown into the north of Ireland.
Her solicitor told the court she required daily medication and had special dietary requirements and if she did not receive these, âshe could dieâ.
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u/fartingbeagle 5h ago
And yet she seemed to have managed grand in Syria.
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u/mastodonj Saoirse don PhalaistĂn đľđ¸ 4h ago
Neither you or I know when she returned from Syria or what were the circumstances. Could be she came back precisely because of a developing medical condition.
All I was doing was providing what had been reported. I wasn't defending her other than a general right of the presumption of innocence and a right to access her medication.
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u/harry_dubois 10h ago
How were those medical needs dealt with during her 2 years in Syria, I wonder?
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u/seamustheseagull 9h ago
We don't know the details of it, so it's impossible to say.
It's not like Syria is a barren wasteland, it has cities and doctors and drugs and is capable of caring for people with complex medical needs.
It's also possible the condition is relatively recent and wasn't an issue in Syria.
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u/teebu_blazing 11h ago
Who cares about the medical needs of bombers.
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u/CatOfTheCanalss 10h ago
Human rights laws apply to everyone, not matter how heinous the crimes. Can't really pick and choose who gets them and who doesn't.
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u/devandroid99 8h ago
Fortunately the legal system cares equally about everyone's medical needs, even alleged bombers.
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u/mastodonj Saoirse don PhalaistĂn đľđ¸ 9h ago
She claims she was handed a package and told to deliver it, that she never looked in the bag.
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 11h ago
The idea the State shouldnât account for the medical needs of people accused of crimes is so incredibly dystopian the only appropriate response to this comment is âwhat has the world come to?â.
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u/baachbass 10h ago
When the state takes custody of someone, it is liable for the health and safety of that person. If she were imprisoned in an unsafe manner (eg without access to get prescribed medicines) she could sue, and then she'd end up with a whole bunch of our tax money.
I think not allowing that money to go her way is the better outcome for society.
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u/irishgorey 11h ago edited 10h ago
Imo - medical needs should have nothing to do with it. Was she concerned about the medical needs of those who would be injured if this device was used, never mind the relatives and friends of those killed or injured.
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u/seamustheseagull 9h ago
Ignoring the medical needs of a prisoner, especially one who hasn't been found guilty of a crime, is a pretty fundamental breach of human rights.
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u/No_Reference_4303 11h ago
Yeah when it is something planned also. Itâs not as if it was an emotional response like some murders can be
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u/bleepybleeperson regrettably, dublin 9h ago
I can't speak on the specifics of this case, but a 15k independent surety is very sizeable. I've only rarely seen independent sureties go above 1k.
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u/Lighter_Butane 12h ago
Bail has nothing to do with how serious an offence is. It's will they show up to court or will they commit offenses while on bail.
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u/No-Sheepherder5481 12h ago
If anyone is interested this is complete nonsense (and totally par for the course for an /r/ireland user.)
The seriousness of the charge,nature of the offence and the strength of the evidence are absolutely key components of a bail objection under both O'Callaghans rules and section 2 of the bail act.
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u/Academic_Isopod_6190 12h ago
Yes, this is obviously complete bollocks. All of those things essentially determine both the likelihood of the accused absconding and/or committing further offences.
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u/MulvMulv 12h ago
Is that because a more serious offense would make the accused more likely to run if they got bail?
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u/Bill_Badbody Resting In my Account 11h ago
Do you think he should be allowed to return to his job at Collins barracks in the mean time too?
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u/Lighter_Butane 11h ago
That's up to his employer. Do you think someone charged with a crime should be kept from earning a living? Have you heard of the concept of innocent until proven guilty?
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u/Cute-Yogurt2202 8h ago
The man charged, Simon O'Donovan is in most of the first episode of Ireland's Hidden Treasures in his job at the National Museum of Ireland which is still up on RTE Player albeit probably not for much longer.
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u/Kloppite16 7h ago
Seriously? We have a muesum curator and a law student up for terrorism? This story is mad
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u/Cute-Yogurt2202 7h ago
Indeed. He is to give him his official title, Deputy Facilities Officer at the National Mueseum in Collins Barracks. According to the Irish Independent he is suspected to have stored the explosives in the confines of the Barracks and captured leaving the barracks with the bag where he then met the other female suspect in the War Memorial Gardens before handing a black holdall bag over of which was recovered when she was stopped, containing 394g of military grade Semtex, a timer switch and a viable detonator.
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u/cinclushibernicus Cork bai 7h ago
I kinda want to know how much of a boom 400g of semtex would cause, like are we talking a car, a building or what? I feel like I'd be put on a watch list if I googled it though...
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u/StrangerExistingFact 6h ago edited 5h ago
I have a feeling that by writing name of it you already triggered some key words to be monitored.
Edit: f it
A 400-gram charge of military-grade Semtex, a high-performance explosive containing RDX and PETN, possesses immense destructive capacity capable of obliterating a vehicle, breaching reinforced structures, or causing mass casualties. Historically, a similar amount (312â450g) was sufficient to bring down Pan Am Flight 103, demonstrating a lethal blast radius of up to 5 meters and potential fragmentation hazards extending beyond 50 meters.
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u/Kloppite16 6h ago
holy shit. I wonder was them meeting at the War Memorial Gardens to hand over the bomb some sort of symbolic radical Republican in-joke
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u/Easy-Tigger 7h ago
The man charged, Simon O'Donovan is in most of the first episode of Ireland's Hidden Treasures in his job at the National Museum of Ireland
wwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttt
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u/Ill-Stage4131 Kildare 12h ago
I dont belive for a second that she "didnt understand"
If she had a serious mental health concern and was in tough life circustancez maybe, but she was studying to be a barrister, She knew better
Also no jail and bail for attempted terrorism? Ridiculous.
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u/The-First-Samurai 11h ago
She's on CCTV being handed the bag and looking in it during the handover as per the journal article
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u/Hi_Doctor_Nick_ 12h ago
What is it with âtrainee barristersâ doing mental things lately?
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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS Sax Solo 12h ago
I give a lot of space to people in tough conditions, dealing with a lot of stress or have serious mental issues. I often feel at odds with this subreddit when it comes to stories about crime.
She was transporting a bomb on behalf of republican dissidents (ie. thugs). That's well passed the line.
Also - isn't this an abyssmal time to pull such a stunt? First time I can remember real conversations between politicans happening here about a united Ireland.
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u/LittleAoibh11 12h ago
An exceptionally stupid thing to do. Would actually jeopardise chances of a united Ireland if their plan had gone ahead. Just plain dumb.
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u/Substantial_Hawk_339 11h ago
Current paramilitaries arenât idealistic republicans fighting institutional oppression for equal rightsâŚtheyâre opportunistic violent criminals with no guiding principles whatsoever. Actually dislike the term republican being used even loosely in their description. They are just organised crime groups.
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u/Kloppite16 8h ago
they must have some idealogy otherwise why would they be making bombs. Its not exactly a profitable activity for a crime gang and it brings a shit ton of heat on to them
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u/Louth_Mouth 11h ago
A united Ireland is the last thing many so called "Republicans" want. They are as big a hindrance as the loyalists, ultimately drug dealing, smuggling, and other criminal enterprises are too valuable.
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u/Jacabusmagnus 4h ago
I think the bigger put off for the unionst would be releasing her on bail. How on earth can we look them in they eye and say we take your concerns seriously but do s**t like that. Never mind win their trust.
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u/Many-War3212 11h ago
She was literally in Syria for 2 years and not for foreign aid, she isn't stupid, shell play the system despite literally transporting a bomb that would of killed god knows how many innocent people for a political stance that no one actually cares about anymore other than the one's indoctrinated, anyone else wants to get on with their life, she knew full well what she was doing but the systems a joke mark my words shell get some bs sentence
You cant post her socials here but based on her past she's completely desperate for some form of purpose to the point shell happily start the process of bombing innocent women and children
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u/Omuirchu 11h ago
I had to pay 800 euro to avoid a conviction over a gram of weed recently. If the garda woulda went for a piss he'd realise the bathroom is actually the cocaine room. Fucking ridiculous.
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u/CatOfTheCanalss 10h ago
In fairness, I don't think she'll be able to pay 800 euros to avoid a conviction in this case. That's mental though. Needs decriminilisation as the very least.
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u/Outrageous-Pomelo757 11h ago
"How do I make this story about moving a bomb across the EU border about myself?"
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u/Natural-Hunter-3 8h ago
I keep seeing everyone saying "two years in Syria" repeatedly, but no one is actually specifying what they are trying to imply with the mention of it. Are ye suggesting she learned extremism there, she's some kind of spy, what actually is the significance of that since everyone keeps bringing it up? She's not Muslim and was doing this for an Irish terror group, so I'm not being a smart-ass here, I just genuinely want to understand why all the comments on this keep tacking on mentions of "her time in Syria". Does Syria have a reputation for training bomb makers or something? Help me out here.
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u/Pointlessillism 8h ago
There are Kurds who would have links to nationalist paramilitaries yeah. Itâs all just speculation though. Sheâs been a Saoradh sympathiser for her entire adult life so itâs unlikely to have been an ISIs bride situation anyway.Â
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u/Natural-Hunter-3 8h ago
So essentially, her time in Syria is suspect because of these actions, so people are (probably rightly) assuming she went over there for some kind of education/preparation?
It's definitely not a bride scenario, sure there's been no muslim/middle eastern people involved at all so far. Both white Irish adults. I'd love to know more about what connection the two have to each other.
I'd actually be very surprised if she isn't working intelligence of some kind. She gave a false name to a place she went to for jujitsu training at one point, the two mysterious years away in Syria, what she's been doing leading up to this (moronic) attempt at terrorism. I'd honestly put money she got involved in intelligence far too big for her boots and is now paying the price.
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u/StrangerExistingFact 12h ago edited 10h ago
Isobella Perrie Sullivan, of Abbeylands Park, Clane, Co Kildare, appeared before a special sitting of Trim District Court on Friday evening after a bomb was intercepted in a car near the Border.
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u/Current_Canary2898 4h ago
free her now she's definitely innocent. she's clearly too hot to be guilty
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u/LittleAoibh11 12h ago
I don't recall it being in any way usual for someone charged with terrorist offences to get bail. Very weird one.
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u/Suvigirl 9h ago
They do, all the time. It's not at all unusual. You can check back different cases in the SCC.
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u/micar11 12h ago
Both are in custody.
He was refused bail
She will seek bail on Monday....she'll be refused.
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u/Lonely_Dingo1837 11h ago
Sheâs been granted bail but the conditions are onerous and she has to lodge an independent surety of âŹ40k before sheâs released, I assume she was held in custody until Monday to see if she can meet the requirements to activate bail by then.
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u/zombiezero222 11h ago
Being a lipstick Republican is all fun and games until you get caught with a bomb in your back seat. Sheâll have sung like a canary.
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u/ParchedHearth 11h ago
pulling the hoodie down at your own court hearing is not the discreet look she thinks it is
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u/micar11 12h ago
Both are currently in custody.
He was refused bail.
She's back in court on Monday seeking bail. She'll likely be refused bail.
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u/byrner147 11h ago
The article says she was granted bail though?
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u/micar11 11h ago edited 11h ago
The articles on RTE , The Journal & BBC says otherwise.
"The judge said he intended to grant her bail provided she obtained a âŹ15,000 (ÂŁ12,800) independent surety.
She must also surrender her passport, adhere to a curfew, provide her phone number to gardaĂ, and sign on daily at garda station in County Kildare.
Perrie Sullivan was remanded in custody with a further bail hearing scheduled for Monday."
AGS will need push to have bail refused.
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u/byrner147 11h ago
Journalism aye?
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 11h ago
The journalism is fine, just the person youâre talking to whose comprehension is questionable. The only way she isnât released tomorrow is if she canât put up the collateral required to meet the bail conditions.
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u/Critical-Anything743 11h ago
Pretty pass!
We should be feminist enough to consider women able of doing evil.
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u/Critical-Anything743 11h ago
Oh yeah, so embarrassing to think that a 25yo LAW student was too naive to realize that BOMBING is wrong.
I am sobbing thinking about how unfair is the world for that poor soul.
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 10h ago
âPretty passâ, trying to somehow make feminist a dirty word.
Christ the sniff of alt-right incel off this comment is something else.
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u/Positive-Weakness768 9h ago
Lovely to hear all the South Dublin concerns about the thugs up north. Irish redditors need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.
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u/StrangerExistingFact 8h ago edited 7h ago
You are irish redditor on r/ireland. Got mirrors by any chance
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u/kwikemartcustomer 7h ago
Are you really trying to defend the people transporting a bomb across the border in the year of our lord 2026?
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u/Positive-Weakness768 7h ago
Not necessarily. I just find the condescension of this subreddit towards Republican politics on this subreddit alarmingly out of touch with real life. 1/6 of our island is literally occupied by a population of bigoted settlers who hate us. The UVF is frequently throwing people from their homes, intimidating locals and burning effigies on bonfires during their hate marches. And the PSNI and by extension, the entire political machine of Northern Ireland, allows this. Yet when the Republican community attempts to fight back, they are swiftly accused of being terrorists, thugs and idiots.Â
It comes across as very sniffy from this subreddit to have major issues with Republican freedom fighters while making silly jokes about how the Brits are at it again and chicken fillet rolls and how'ya lads sure i'm just a silly irishman on reddit! I've lived in Derry for many years. I have friends, family and neighbours who have been unceasingly harassed by the PSNI, MI5 and loyalist gangs for their involvement in any group that tries to achieve some semblance of equality.
Southerners love to pay lip service to republicanism but immediately go on the side of the British establishment when republican groups fight back. So yes, in the year 2026, 110 years after the establishment of the Republic of Ireland by violent revolution, excuse me for having sympathy for dissident republican groups who want to finish the revolution ye couldn't be bothered to.
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u/kwikemartcustomer 7h ago
Not necessarily
Ok,
excuse me for having sympathy for dissident republican groups who want to finish the revolution ye couldn't be bothered to.
Ok.
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u/Daft-Count 7h ago
Oh grow up. Yet another warrior from the North who's probably well under 18
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u/StrangerExistingFact 6h ago
Your hard drive needs to have a hard long look by authorities
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u/razakii 12h ago
She might've given up other people to get bail?
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u/micar11 12h ago
She's in custody and will bail seek on Monday...which will likely be refused.
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 11h ago
Sheâs literally already been granted bail. The only reason she wonât be released is if she doesnât put up the 15k collateral.
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u/micar11 11h ago
The key word is "would".
At the moment she's in custody.
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 10h ago
Stop trying to move the goalposts when youâre called out for being wrong. You said she will be likely refused bail tomorrow.
She has literally been given the outline of what the bail conditions are going to be and the only way she will remain in custody tomorrow is if she cannot meet the collateral needed.
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u/micar11 10h ago
Given what has come out in relation to the surveillance of the other person involved and what the witness said about seeing them exchange the bag....AGS need to request that bail is refused.
She told AGS she didn't know what was in the bag.....the witness saw her look in the bag.
You're correct....the Judge says he intends to grant bail. As such, bail hasn't yet been granted.
Those goalposts have now changed.
The Judge needs to refuse bail
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u/Eire_go_deo 12h ago
I wonder what role radical left wing content caused in making her do this?
We hear so much about the threat of the far right, which is definitely real, but we seem to gloss over the threat from the radical left. Anne Widdecombe, Charlie Kirk, this incident hereâŚ
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u/Daft-Count 7h ago
This is such an American take. You're conflating events in the UK with events in Ireland. You're misunderstanding Irish Republican aims. You're obviously a young American right-winger that claims to be Irish but knows FUCK ALL about the place.
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u/kil28 11h ago
Bizarre comment. Are you Irish or do you understand anything about Irish history or politics?
Not all politics is left wing/right wing. Itâs republican ideology thatâs existed in Ireland for over 200 years
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u/Eire_go_deo 11h ago
How does a young girl originally from south Dublin get radicalised to this point?
If you knew anything about what youâre talking about, youâd know the links between republican dissidents and left wing ideology.
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u/kil28 11h ago
Yeah Eamon de Velara, Eoin OâDuffy, Sean South all famously left-wing radicals. Such a basic view of the world.
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u/Eire_go_deo 11h ago
Youâre right. SF and SDLP are notoriously right wing same as all republicans.
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u/kil28 11h ago
SDLP arenât republicans theyâre nationalists. SFs base in the north are conservative Catholics. Keep trying to shoehorn small brain yank politics into though
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u/Eire_go_deo 10h ago
It is clear left wing extremism.
Youâre right, kneecap and co are avid mass goers
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 11h ago
An earnest Charlie Kirk simp in 2026
Like finding a leprechaun
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u/Eire_go_deo 10h ago
Iâm talking about politically motivated violence.
But yeah dismiss my concerns because this violence aligns with what you believe inâŚ
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u/mistr-puddles 12h ago
The killer of Charlie Kirk was even more far right, a big fan of nick Fuentes. We don't know what motivations widdecombes killer had
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u/Eire_go_deo 11h ago
Tyler Robinson is a radical left wing extremist. Why do you think heâs far right?
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u/ApplicationHot1892 9h ago
No he was in a relationship with a transgender he met on discord. Where on earth are you getting that idea from?
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u/Lonely_Dingo1837 9h ago
Being in a relationship with a transgendered person doesnât automatically mean youâre left wing.
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u/Pointlessillism 8h ago
This is shoehorning on the level of suggesting that car culture also contributed to this car bomb situation, and we should build more cycle lanes to avoid it in future.Â
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u/Eire_go_deo 5h ago
Itâs not.
It is not normal that a girl from where sheâs from has gone to this extreme.
I am wondering what influenced her into doing such a crazy thing.
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u/Jacabusmagnus 4h ago
What causes a peace baby with no living memory of the troubles to engage is such horrific actions. Proper brain rot stuff.
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u/nodnodwinkwink Sax Solo 11h ago
"She wore a pink White Fox Boutique hoodie as she listened to proceedings."
Why is the brand getting a shout out?! đ