David Hurley, 10 Jul
A CONVICTED drug dealer from County Clare who was at the "top of the
pyramid" of the west coast drugs scene has admitted two further
offences having previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder.
At the Central Criminal Court this Monday, Tony McInerney asked Mr
Justice Paul McDermott if there was "any chance" he could sentence him
immediately.
However, the judge refused the request, telling McInerney he first
needs to hear details of the offences from the Director of Public
Prosecutions. The judge set October 16 as the date for a sentencing
hearing.
McInerney, aged 27, formerly of Glenina, Gort Road, Ennis was arraigned
on a charge that on January 18, 2020 at Pound Street, Sixmilebridge,
County Clare he intentionally or recklessly discharged a firearm
creating a substantial risk of death or serious harm to another.
He was also arraigned on a count that on a date unknown between January
1, 2019 and January 18, 2020 at Inis Eagla, Shannon he threatened to
kill or cause serious harm to Daniel Harty Snr, intending Mr Harty Snr
to believe the threat would be carried out.
He pleaded guilty to both charges.
In May, McInerney pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Daniel
Harty Jnr at Pound St, Sixmilebridge on January 18, 2020.
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He was was previously jailed for 12 years after he was caught running a
"cocaine factory" but this sentence was later reduced to ten years by
the Court of Appeal.
Judge Brian O'Callaghan at Ennis Circuit Criminal Court heard that
McInerney was mixing cocaine when gardaí raided a property outside
Ennis.
He had pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for sale or supply at
Kilfilum, Ennis on September 23, 2020, and to possession of crime cash
on the same date.
The sentencing judge heard that McInerney is “at the top of the
pyramid” of the Clare drug scene and had been a target of the
divisional drugs unit.