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National Museum of Ireland employee granted bail in Semtex case

Simon O’Donovan, a deputy facilities officer at the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, was granted bail at the High Court on 25 August 2026 on a charge of possessing an improvised explosive device on 22 July in Dublin. Court coverage said gardaí allege he left the museum with a bag later linked to 394 grams of Semtex recovered near the border; he denies the offence. Bail conditions bar him from Collins Barracks and Dublin 7.

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