DPP's directions outstanding in alleged fatal hit and run of married Dublin couple
Directions from the DPP remain outstanding in an alleged fatal hit-and-run incident that claimed the lives of a couple on St Stephen's Day.
John Halpin (45) is charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of husband and wife Anthony Hogg (40) and Georgina Hogg Moore (39).
Mr Halpin, with an address at Whitestown Avenue in Blanchardstown, is also charged with two counts of hit-and-run and failing to offer assistance at the scene at Blanchardstown Road South on December 26 last year.
Judge Áine Clancy adjourned the case for four weeks to await DPP's directions on the charges.
Mr Hogg and Ms Hoog Moore were struck while crossing a road near Blanchardstown Shopping Centre at around 5.45pm.
The couple, married with children, lived in the nearby Whitestown area.
John Halpin was remanded on continuing bail. Photo: Collins
Sergeant Maria Callaghan told Blanchardstown District Court that the State was seeking four weeks for DPP's directions on the charges.
Defence solicitor Aoife McNicholl said there was consent to the adjournment.
As part of his bail conditions, Mr Halpin has been ordered to surrender his passport, provide a mobile number to gardaí, be contactable at all times and sign on at his local garda station each week.
He has also been warned to have no contact with any witnesses in the case, either directly or indirectly through social media, nor to have any contact with the deceased couple's family.
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