Clane Law Student Charged over Explosives Found in Car

Saturday, 25 July 2026 10:08

By Clem Ryan

Court sitting in Trim Friday evening. Charges Result from Garda Car-Stop in Co. Monaghan on Wednesday

25-years-old Isobella Perrie Sullivan, of Abbeylands Park, Clane has been granted bail after appearing in Trim Court on Friday evening charged with possession of explosives.

A Garda outlined how Isabelle Perrie Sullivan had been stopped by Gardaí on the N2, near Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan on Wednesday evening, as a result of acting on intelligence.

A bag was discovered in the rear seat of the vehicle that contained Semtex and a detonator, the court was told.

The maximum penalty for the offence Ms Perrie Sullivan is charged with is 14 years.

Gardaí objected to bail due to the seriousness of the offence.

Defence solicitor Gavin Booth, of Phoenix Law, said his client had been asked to take a bag to Northern Ireland, and had not been aware what was in it.

He said she lived with her father in Clane and studying to become a barrister.

Judge Raymond Finnegan agreed to allow bail.

Bail conditions include an independent surety of €15,000, that she not have any contact with anyone in the Saoradh political party or the New IRA, that she surrenders her passport, stays at a Garda approved address, a mobile phone number on which to be available 24/7, to sign in every day at Naas Garda Station, and observe a curfew between 9pm and 7am.

Ms Perrie Sullivan was remanded in custody with consent to bail, which will be heard at Monaghan District Court on Monday.

A man in his 40s, remains in custody at a Garda station in the Dublin region.