The Director of Public Prosecutions agreed not to pursue the murder charge after the defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder.

Joseph Richards (34) was charged in 2024 with the murder of 45-year-old Robert Sheridan at the deceased's home in Poppintree Crescent, Ballymun, Dublin on October 5th 2018.

Father of two Robert Sheridan (45) sustained fatal gunshot wounds to his head and body at his home in Ballymun in October 2018