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Eric Eoin Marques is wanted in the United States on four charges linked to website images described as being extremely violent, graphic and depicting the rape and torture of pre-pubescent children.
Marques is accused of being the sole administrator of an anonymous hosting server called Freedom Hosting, where the FBI claims thousands of members posted millions of images of child pornography.
Marques, who has Irish and US citizenship, is wanted in connection with four counts involving the advertising of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, conspiracy to advertise child pornography, and conspiracy to distribute child pornography.
The FBI believes he is the largest facilitator of child porn in the world.
Justice John Edwards, sitting at the High Court in Dublin said the charges were very serious and carried substantial sentences. He accepted evidence from the FBI and Irish police that the 28-year-old is a flight risk or likely to destroy evidence if released and thereby denied his bail application.
He said the factors against bail outweighed the factors for bail.
Marques had already attempted to interfere with evidence when he was arrested by "making a dive" for his computer to try to turn it off.
Investigators also claimed that after he was initially questioned by gardai, Marques managed to get back on the Freedom Hosting server - which had been taken over by the FBI - and change the passwords.
Another judge had refused bail on similar grounds the day after his arrest on August 1.
Marques will be remanded in custody until October 22 when the case will be mentioned again.
Extradition proceedings to the US are under way.
If convicted in the US on all four counts he could be jailed for up to 100 years.
