Sam Okwuoha (28) was charged following an investigation by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB)

They worked closely with the Department of Justice to identify, target and remove illegally resident Brazilians Nationals from the State, either on a voluntary return basis or by enforcement of a deportation order.

The man, claiming to be in his 30s and from Syria, has been in the country for at least a year, and was charged on Wednesday with failing to tell authorities his address under the Sex Offenders Act.

Judge Alec Gabbett returned Roger Bishop of Little Thatch, Crown, Lissycasey, Co Clare for trial to the next sittings of Ennis Circuit Court in connection with two smuggling related offences