Niall Donald
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He would have gone to, it's said he went to Declan's in Cabra first and got expelled and then went to O'Connell's in the north inner city.
Now, O'Connell's
Christian Brothers School, probably one of the most famous schools in Dublin.
My own father would have gone there.
People would have got a scholarship and it would have seemed to have been a really prestigious school.
Past pupils would have included James Joyce, Pat Kenny, the broadcaster, former Taoiseach Seรกn na Mรกs, PJ Marra.
Also, interestingly, and probably a relative contemporary of Christy Kinnan would have been Tony Gregory would have gone there, who would play a huge prominent role in the anti-drugs marches in the city.
So he would have gone, he would have, again, that would have been sort of a prestigious school.
But he seems to have not thrived.
And then I think we get into a bit of a grey area when he leaves school.
Yes, and that was a thing that he kept up, I think, through all his life, one way or another.
And obviously his sons would have a huge interest in boxing as well.
He's accused of directing the activities of criminal organisation, these charges are long, in the importation and distribution of controlled drugs and the money laundering of the proceeds of the sale of those drugs.
But the charge relates to a particular period of alleged offending.
And so that is the period around which there was a hack into an encrypted network called the Ghost Network.
Yes.
So Brian Grendon is from Greenfort in Clondalk and he's accused of directing...
the activities of a criminal organization.
These charges are long in the importation and distribution of controlled drugs and the money laundering of the proceeds of the sale of those drugs.
But the charge relates to a particular period of alleged offending, I suppose.