Gardaí from Ballymun Drugs Unit arrested Phung Sien Tran, 41, at the airport and co-accused Chavy Oeun, 37, in a south Dublin hotel later that day.

Ian Byrne, 40, of Dane Road, Balbutcher Lane, Ballymun, appeared before Judge John Hughes at Dublin District Court on Saturday.

The 31-year-old is charged with the murder of Ashling Murphy in Offaly last year

The judge said the non-jury court was "somewhat confused" by the defence application as it was referenced in the course of Mr Flynn's bail hearing last week that "very significant sums of money" were available to him

CAB says the couple have gone on foreign trips including cruises of the Caribbean and Southeast Asia, and spent over €440,000 on their home and can afford to pay for their own legal representation