They include the production of a knife and a bottle of household ammonia during separate incidents, and demanding money with menaces from a man who was said to have been left in fear.

Thomas McAuley, 25, of Shamrock Terrace, North Strand, Dublin 1, who is on a carer’s allowance, is accused of extortion by demanding €5,500 on March 22nd from a woman in north inner city Dublin.

Greg Green, 18, of La Touche Road, Bluebell, Dublin, was granted bail with strict conditions after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) authorised that he face trial on indictment over the alleged incident on October 7th last year.