A 28-year-old Irish man wanted in the United States and described by an FBI agent as “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet” will find out today if he is going to be released on bail.
Eric Eoin Marques had been refused bail by the High Court in Dublin last month, on foot of an extradition request by the FBI.
Yesterday Mr Justice John Edwards held that in the interest of justice he would allow the fresh bail application to be made by Remy Farrell SC, for Mr Marques who argued that any concerns raised could be met by strict bail conditions.
US authorities want to extradite Marques, who has dual Irish-US citizenship, to face trial on charges for distributing, conspiring to distribute, and advertising child pornography.
Mr Justice Edwards will decide at 2pm today if the man is to be granted bail pending his extradition hearing.
The FBI alleges Mr Marques was paying for web space to host child pornography sites and had control over a number of them. It claims he had been looking up information online about how to obtain Russia citizenship.