A JUDGE has ordered Gardaí to arrest a man accused of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour towards canvassers of a local election candidate, after the man failed to appear in court for his case.
Aaron Daly (37), with an address at Blackthorn Drive, Caherdavin, Limerick, was granted bail on May 20 last, after he was charged with two offences contrary to Section 6 of the criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1984.
Mr Daly was not in court when his case was called before Judge Patricia Harney last Friday (September 6). It’s understood he has travelled to the holiday island of Crete in Greece recently.
A bench warrant was issued by the judge, which allows Gardaí arrest an accused person who has failed to appear in court when their case is called.
A EU-wide extradition treaty arrangement allows Gardaí to travel abroad and arrest persons accused of crimes through the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) system.
Last May, Judge Harney granted Mr Daly bail on a number of strict conditions, including that he have no contact whatsoever, including via social media, with “Suzzie O’Deniyi, or her campaign team”.
At the time, Ms O’Deniyi was running as a Fianna Fáil local election candidate in the Limerick City North constituency. She was subsequently not elected in the July 2024 election.
Judge Harney said that, as part of his bail terms, Mr Daly must “not use any derogatory, insulting, abusive, or racist language to any person”.
Mr Daly was also ordered to stay out of the City Hall/Merchant’s Quay area; obey a nightly curfew; sign on at Henry Street Garda Station every Friday; be available to Gardaí 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week via a fully charged and in-credit mobile phone number; and he must notify Gardaí of any change of his address.
Judge Harney also told Mr Daly at the time that if he failed to answer the phone to Gardaí it would bee seen by the court as a breach of his bail terms and he would be remanded into custody.
During the May court hearing, Mr Daly’s solicitor, Andrew D’Arcy, Andrew D’Arcy and Co Solicitors, Limerick, said the accused “has a history of working, is not currently working, but he intends on returning to work”.
Mr D’Arcy has sought full disclosure of evidence from the State.
During last May’s hearing, Garda Eoin Kelly, Community Policing Unit, Mayorstone Park Garda Station, told the court he arrested and charged Mr Daly at Mayorstone station on May 19 and that Mr Daly “made no reply” to the two charges.
Prosecuting Sergeant Aishling O’Neill, Roxboro Road Garda Station, told the hearing in May that “further charges” may be brought against Mr Daly as part of the State’s prosecution.
