The judge said the court had difficulty describing what had happened, as words like "dreadful, horrendous and frightening are not sufficient to describe the horror"

Jason Hennessy and his two brothers, Brandon (22) and Devon (30), asked the court to consider the trauma they suffered following the shooting dead of their father, Jason Hennessy Snr, in Browne's Steakhouse in Blanchardstown on Christmas Eve, 2023.

Mr Moore was arrested on Thursday of this week on foot of a bench warrant after he previously failed to turn up for the trial of four men accused of assaulting and falsely imprisoning him.

When called, Mr Moore said: "I'm not giving evidence" and remained seated, looking at the ground, with his head in his left hand.