Drug dealer pal of mobster ‘Mr Flashy' gets suspended sentence for violent street brawl

Sunday World

26-05-2025

Ward (32) and his brother Eric O'Driscoll (23), who were recently jailed for firearms offences, both avoided further jail time this week
This is the Finglas drug dealer who was given a suspended sentence for his part in a brawl when Glen 'Mr Flashy' Ward was caught on video wielding a bicycle saddle.
Ward (32) and his brother Eric O'Driscoll (23), who were recently jailed for firearms offences, both avoided further jail time this week over a violent disorder incident in Finglas in August 2022.
Ward was filmed as he swung the saddle at a group of men on Cardiffsbridge Road, Finglas West on August 9, 2022. The court heard a another man had also received an 18-month suspended sentence over the incident.
The third man is their associate Darragh Collopy (21), with an address at Cardiffsbridge Avenue in Finglas.
While Collopy avoided jail over the brawl, he was previously sentenced to three years with one suspended after being convicted of drugs charges in 2023.
The street brawl involving Glen 'Mr Flashy' Ward.
He was caught with a large amount of cannabis for sale or supply at Abbotstown Drive in Finglas on January 19, 2022 and later convicted under Section 15a of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
While on remand in Cloverhill for the drugs charges, Collopy was caught with a cell phone in his cell during a routine search by prison officers
He later pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a mobile phone while in custody.
Darragh Collopy
Video shows Glen Ward aka 'Mr Flashy' armed with a bicycle saddle during daylight street brawl in Finglas
Blanchardstown District Court heard that the handset was found during a search of Collopy's cell at Wheatfield Prison, Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, on March 29, 2023.
Collopy had 24 previous convictions and was already serving a sentence when he appeared in court on the phone offence.
Like Collopy, Ward was given an 18-month suspended sentence for his part in the Finglas brawl, while O'Driscoll was given a two-year sentence with the final 18 months suspended.
Glen Ward and Eric O'Driscoll
Both also pleaded guilty to the production of a bicycle saddle in the course of a dispute, on the same date after O Driscoll went to Dunnes Stores in Finglas when the court heard there were 'verbals' between two groups of people.
The court heard Ward was the third of six siblings and trained as a mechanic. He has a long-term partner and a child.
O'Driscoll was also sentenced after he pleaded to endangerment and dangerous driving offences arising out of a motorcycle incident in November 17, 2022.
The court heard he was 'emotional' having attended a memorial service for his friend. He was on bail at the time of the offence.
Ward has 22 previous convictions and O'Driscoll has nine.
The street brawl involving Glen 'Mr Flashy' Ward.
The two brothers are currently serving sentence for firearms offences after being caught on video firing shots from a semi-automatic rifle during a house party in Finglas.
Ward was jailed for six years and three months, with nine month suspended after he pleaded guilty to a charge that on January 1, 2022 at an address in Finglas he possessed or had control of a .223 calibre Remington AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable inference that he did not have it for a lawful purpose.
O'Driscoll pleaded guilty to possession of the same gun and was sentenced to six years with one year suspended.