The District Court judge in Tralee has refused jurisdiction in the cases of three men accused of petrol bombing a house in Killarney.
All three men appeared before Judge David Waters at Tralee District Court, where he formally refused jurisdiction in their cases.
It means they will all face that allegation in a higher court with wider sentencing powers than the district court.
The three accused men are 36-year-old Keith Horan with an address at Denny Street, Tralee, 28-year-old Shane Nolan of no fixed abode, and 31-year-old David Walsh of Cois Coille, Killeen Road, Tralee.
They’re all accused of causing damage by fire to a house in Pinewood Estate, Killarney, and criminal damage by fire to a Nissan Qashqai at Ballinalouth, Tralee, in the early hours of May 13th.
When Mr Nolan appeared before the court in Tralee, Sgt Chris Manton said DPP directions are not yet available.
He said Mr Nolan, in concert with two others, is accused of throwing a petrol bomb at a house in Killarney.
Gardaí told a previous court sitting that a woman and her 20-year-old daughter were asleep in the terraced house in Pinewood when it was allegedly attacked at 5:05am on 13th May.
Gardaí said the incident could have had catastrophic or even fatal consequences.
The court heard that the alleged incident is linked to a wider feud between two Traveller families based in Kerry and Limerick.
Judge David Waters also formally refused jurisdiction when Mr Horan and Mr Walsh appeared in court.
Solicitor for Shane Nolan, Pat Mann, said his client is not applying for bail at this stage.
Solicitor for the other two men, Pádraig O’Connell, said David Walsh is also not applying for bail, and Keith Horan, who was refused bail at an earlier sitting, is not going to the High Court to try and get bail.
In both Mr Walsh and Mr Horan’s cases, solicitor Pádraig O’Connell said he’s anxious to get the matters progressed.
All three men were remanded in continuing custody to 3rd June.
