Jason Hennessy and his two brothers, Brandon (22) and Devon (30), asked the court to consider the trauma they suffered following the shooting dead of their father, Jason Hennessy Snr, in Browne's Steakhouse in Blanchardstown on Christmas Eve, 2023.

The Special Criminal Court has agreed to hear the trials of the five men

The five appeared before Judge Alan Mitchell at Cloverhill District Court on Tuesday.