Cootehill
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Planning Board concedes as permission for agri-food plant is quashed
'Cornucopia of evidence' against ‘tiger kidnapper’ Paschal Kelly, appeal told
Notorious tiger kidnapper appeals conviction for abducting three women
Agri-food plant extension opposed by estate owner
Planning
Planning application received: (1) To convert the existing vacant building into a dwelling (2) Refurbishment works and alterations
Planning application received: 1) To construct a Slatted shed with underground storage tanks and attaching onto existing slatted sh
Planning application received: for erection of a fully serviced Industrial/Warehouse building including ground & first-floor admini
Planning application received: to extend and renovate existing two-storey dwelling, comprising two-storey extension & single storey
Planning application received: for (1) change of use of existing domestic garage to commercial gym (2) retention of WC, plunge pool
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08 Sep 2026 latest- planningPlanning application received: (1) To convert the existing vacant building into a dwelling (2) Refurbishment...
- planningPlanning application received: 1) To construct a Slatted shed with underground storage tanks and attaching...
- planningPlanning application received: for erection of a fully serviced Industrial/Warehouse building including...
- planningPlanning application received: for (1) change of use of existing domestic garage to commercial gym (2)...
- planningPlanning application received: to extend and renovate existing two-storey dwelling, comprising two-storey...
- planningPlanning application received: for (1) change of use of existing domestic garage to commercial gym (2)...
- planningPlanning conditional: to demolish the existing derelict dwelling and barn, and the construction of a...
- planningPlanning conditional: for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 20/173 to erect fully serviced 2 storey dwelling,...
- planningPlanning application received: for amendments to previously approved Planning Permission Ref. No. 2560057,...
- planningPlanning conditional: for (1) car parking and set-down area to facilitate a one-way vehicular access and...
- planningPlanning application received: 1) to construct a slatted shed with underground storage tanks. 2) 2 no....
- planningPlanning application received: to construct a storage shed and all ancillary site works
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Planning application received: (1) To convert the existing vacant building into a dwelling (2) Refurbishment works and alterations
John McCaul — Chapel Lane Cootehill Co. Cavan. (1) To convert the existing vacant building into a dwelling (2) Refurbishment works and alterations...
John McCaul
File ref: 2660510 · Cavan County Council
08 Sep 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Crime & Courts
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Notorious tiger kidnapper Paschal Kelly to remain in jail after appeal fails
Notorious tiger kidnapper' and gangland criminal Paschal Kelly is to remain behind bars after failing in a bid to overturn his conviction for a €92,000 post office robbery, during which three women were tied up and abducted. Kelly (57) was one of a gang of three men who burst into the home of postmi
Courts News Ireland report
31 Oct 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Planning Board concedes as permission for agri-food plant is quashed
An Bord Pleanala's decision to allow an agri-food plant to extend its manufacturing facility has been quashed after the board conceded to a challenge brought by the owner of a well-known estate in Co Cavan under environmental laws. John Morehart, who owns the historic Bellamont Castle, in Cootehill
Courts News Ireland report
03 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Planning Board concedes as permission for agri-food plant is quashed
An Bord Pleanála has conceded a High Court challenge to its decision permitting Abbott Ireland to extend its manufacturing facility near Dromore, Co Monaghan. The board's approval, which allowed the company to add approximately 2,661 square metres of laboratory, office, car park and warehouse space, has been quashed. John Morehart, owner of Bellamont Castle and surrounding lands near Cootehill, Co Cavan, sought…
Courts News Ireland report
03 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
'Cornucopia of evidence' against ‘tiger kidnapper’ Paschal Kelly, appeal told
There is a “cornucopia of evidence” linking ‘tiger kidnapper’ and gangland criminal Paschal Kelly to a post office robbery in which three women were tied up and abducted, the Court of Appeal has been told. However, lawyers for Kelly in his appeal against his conviction and 18-year sentence have ques
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19 Dec 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Notorious tiger kidnapper appeals conviction for abducting three women
Notorious tiger kidnapper' and gangland criminal Paschal Kelly has opened an appeal against his conviction and 18-year sentence for a €92,000 post office robbery, during which three women were tied up and abducted. Kelly (56) was one of a gang of three men who burst into the home of postmistress Sus
Courts News Ireland report
13 Oct 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Agri-food plant extension opposed by estate owner
The owner of a well-known estate in Co Cavan has brought a High Court challenge against An Bord Pleanala's decision to grant planning permission allowing an agri-food plant to extend its manufacturing facilities. The action has been brought by Mr John Moreharte, who owns the historic and protected B
Courts News Ireland report
09 May 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Agri-food plant extension opposed by estate owner
An estate owner in County Cavan has initiated High Court proceedings challenging An Bord Pleanála's approval of a planning extension for an agri-food manufacturing facility. John Moreharte, who owns Bellamont Castle and approximately 1,000 acres near Cootehill, seeks to overturn the board's March decision permitting Abbott Ireland to expand its infant milk product facility in Dromore, County Monaghan by some 2,661…
Courts News Ireland report
09 May 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Directors of foreign real estate company are jailed
By Brion Hoban & Fiona Ferguson Two directors of a real estate company who failed to give clients the proceeds of the sales of their homes outside the State have been jailed. Lawyers for Sean Boylan (72) and Colin Horan (38) told the court that there had not been a plan to defraud the customers and
Courts News Ireland report
07 May 2021 · Courts News Ireland
Former publican caught moving €2.5m in cocaine
A Cavan man caught transporting €2.5 million worth of cocaine in his transit van has been jailed for eight years. Former publican Charles Coyle (59) was caught with the drugs after gardai acting on confidential information mounted a surveillance operation on a truck coming into the country from Latv
Courts News Ireland report
18 Mar 2021 · Courts News Ireland
Child rapist to appeal 20-year sentence
A farm labourer, who raped six children and molested a seventh in the same family, has been given a November date to appeal his 20-year prison sentence. Michael McCarville (53) began abusing the first child in 1982 when the victim was aged 10. The abuser was aged 15 himself and had begun working as
Courts News Ireland report
18 May 2020 · Courts News Ireland
Tiger kidnapper gets 18 years
A man has been jailed for 18 years for a tiger kidnapping at a post office during which three women were tied up and abducted. Paschal Kelly (53) was one of a gang of three men who burst into the home of postmistress Susan Lawlor at Seabury Drive, Malahide, Dublin on September 25, 2014. The gang use
Courts News Ireland report
01 Feb 2019 · Courts News Ireland
Tiger kidnapper had "Dickensian upbringing", court told
A man will be sentenced next week for a €92,000 post office robbery during which a postmistress, her daughter and an Italian student were abducted from their home. Paschal Kelly (53) with an address in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, was convicted last December of trespass and false imprisonment of postmistre
Courts News Ireland report
25 Jan 2019 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
29 stories
Planning application received: 1) To construct a Slatted shed with underground storage tanks and attaching onto existing slatted sh
Moneycass Farms Ltd — Knockatudor Tullyco Cootehill, Co. Cavan. 1) To construct a Slatted shed with underground storage tanks and attaching onto existing slatted sh...
Moneycass Farms Ltd
File ref: 2660485 · Cavan County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: for (1) change of use of existing domestic garage to commercial gym (2) retention of WC, plunge pool
Mark Greenan — Cortober Cootehill Co. Cavan H16 Y067. for (1) change of use of existing domestic garage to commercial gym (2) retention of WC, plunge pool...
Mark Greenan
File ref: 2660481 · Cavan County Council
26 Aug 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: to extend and renovate existing two-storey dwelling, comprising two-storey extension & single storey
Peter McPhillips — Billis, Cootehill Road, Cavan, Co. Cavan.. to extend and renovate existing two-storey dwelling, comprising two-storey extension & single storey...
Peter McPhillips
File ref: 2660473 · Cavan County Council
26 Aug 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: for erection of a fully serviced Industrial/Warehouse building including ground & first-floor admini
RTS Contracts Ltd. — Site 6, Cootehill Enterprise Park Cootehill Road, Errigal, Cootehill Co. Cavan. for erection of a fully serviced Industrial/Warehouse building including ground & first-floor admini...
RTS Contracts Ltd.
File ref: 2660482 · Cavan County Council
26 Aug 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: for (1) change of use of existing domestic garage to commercial gym (2) retention of WC, plunge pool
Mark Greenan — Cortober Cootehill Co. Cavan H16 Y067. for (1) change of use of existing domestic garage to commercial gym (2) retention of WC, plunge pool...
Mark Greenan
File ref: 2660465 · Cavan County Council
20 Aug 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: to demolish the existing derelict dwelling and barn, and the construction of a replacement two store
Mark Brady — Drummury Corrick Cootehill Co Cavan. to demolish the existing derelict dwelling and barn, and the construction of a replacement two store...
Mark Brady
File ref: 2623 · Cavan County Council
05 Aug 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 20/173 to erect fully serviced 2 storey dwelling, detached garage, entr
Raymond Magee — Corballyquill Ashfield Cootehill Co Cavan. for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 20/173 to erect fully serviced 2 storey dwelling, detached garage, entr...
Raymond Magee
File ref: 2622 · Cavan County Council
30 Jul 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: for amendments to previously approved Planning Permission Ref. No. 2560057, comprising the replaceme
Tullyagan Properties — Drumalee & Billis Cootehill Road Co. Cavan. for amendments to previously approved Planning Permission Ref. No. 2560057, comprising the replaceme...
Tullyagan Properties
File ref: 2660420 · Cavan County Council
29 Jul 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: 1) to construct a slatted shed with underground storage tanks. 2) 2 no. walled silage bases and 3) c
Paul Shanley — Turfad Mountainlodge Cootehill, Co. Cavan H16 W409. 1) to construct a slatted shed with underground storage tanks. 2) 2 no. walled silage bases and 3) c...
Paul Shanley
File ref: 2660403 · Cavan County Council
22 Jul 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: for (1) car parking and set-down area to facilitate a one-way vehicular access and egress system; (2
Rainbow Kids Childcare — Drumhurt, Kill, Cootehill, Co Cavan.. for (1) car parking and set-down area to facilitate a one-way vehicular access and egress system; (2...
Rainbow Kids Childcare
File ref: 2660294 · Cavan County Council
22 Jul 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: to construct a storage shed and all ancillary site works
Sean Convery GTS Ltd — Muff Canningstown Cootehill, Co. Cavan H16 PC95. to construct a storage shed and all ancillary site works...
Sean Convery GTS Ltd
File ref: 2660400 · Cavan County Council
20 Jul 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: for 1. Redevelopment of existing semi-detached two-storey dwelling house to include revisions to ele
Ashley Morris — No. 12 Bellview Drive, Station Road Cootehill Co. Cavan H16 EW40. for 1. Redevelopment of existing semi-detached two-storey dwelling house to include revisions to ele...
Ashley Morris
File ref: 2560658 · Cavan County Council
10 Jul 2026 · Cavan County Council (Planning)
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Cootehill from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Notorious tiger kidnapper Paschal Kelly to remain in jail after appeal fails
Paschal Kelly, aged 57, has failed in his appeal against conviction for a €92,000 post office robbery committed in September 2014. The Court of Appeal dismissed his challenge on all grounds, upholding his 18-year sentence imposed by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in 2018. Kelly,...
Planning Board concedes as permission for agri-food plant is quashed
An Bord Pleanála has conceded a High Court challenge to its decision permitting Abbott Ireland to extend its manufacturing facility near Dromore, Co Monaghan. The board's approval, which allowed the company to add approximately 2,661 square metres of laboratory, office, car...
'Cornucopia of evidence' against ‘tiger kidnapper’ Paschal Kelly, appeal told
A man from County Cavan is appealing his conviction for a post office robbery in Dublin during which three women were tied up and abducted. Paschal Kelly, aged 56, was convicted in 2018 of robbery, false imprisonment, threatening to kill, and other offences relating to a...
Notorious tiger kidnapper appeals conviction for abducting three women
A man with a last address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has appealed his conviction and 18-year sentence imposed by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in a €92,000 post office robbery in 2014. The appellant was convicted of trespass, false imprisonment of three women,...
Agri-food plant extension opposed by estate owner
An estate owner in County Cavan has initiated High Court proceedings challenging An Bord Pleanála's approval of a planning extension for an agri-food manufacturing facility. John Moreharte, who owns Bellamont Castle and approximately 1,000 acres near Cootehill, seeks to...
Directors of foreign real estate company are jailed
Two directors of a real estate company have been imprisoned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following guilty pleas to defrauding clients. Sean Boylan, aged 72, of Cootehill, County Cavan, and Colin Horan, aged 38, of Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, were convicted of carrying on...
Former publican caught moving €2.5m in cocaine
A 59-year-old man from Cootehill in Cavan has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for his role in transporting cocaine valued at €2.5 million. The former publican pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the drugs for sale or supply in Lusk on...
Child rapist to appeal 20-year sentence
A man has been granted a Court of Appeal date to challenge his 20-year prison sentence for the serial sexual abuse of children in Cavan and Monaghan. The 53-year-old pleaded guilty in December 2016 to 52 sample charges of indecent assault and sexual assault relating to seven...
Jury acquits "tiger-raid" accused on all charges
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has acquitted Patrick Carroll on all charges relating to a €90,000 post office robbery in September 2014. The 54-year-old from Swords had pleaded not guilty to charges of trespass, false imprisonment, robbery and threats to kill in...
Tiger kidnapper gets 18 years
A man from Cootehill, County Cavan, has been sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment following his conviction on multiple charges related to a tiger kidnapping at a post office in north Dublin. Paschal Kelly, aged fifty-three, was convicted of false imprisonment, robbery,...
Tiger kidnapper had "Dickensian upbringing", court told
Paschal Kelly, aged 53, of Cootehill, County Cavan, has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of false imprisonment, robbery, and threatening to kill three women during a tiger kidnapping in September 2014. The convictions relate to the abduction of postmistress Susan...
Man guilty of tiger kidnapping at home of post mistress
Paschal Kelly, aged 53, with an address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has been convicted of tiger kidnapping, false imprisonment and robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The offences occurred on 25 September 2014, when a postmistress, her daughter and an Italian student were...
Judge warns jury about ID evidence in tiger kidnapping trial
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of Paschal Kelly, aged 53, from Cootehill, Co. Cavan, who has pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an incident on September 25, 2014. The charges include trespass, false imprisonment of three...
State's case "riddled with doubts and unanswered questions", defence tell tiger kidnap trial
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the defence barrister in a tiger kidnapping trial has submitted that the State's case against Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and with an address in Cootehill, County Cavan, is fundamentally flawed. Martin O'Rourke SC argued that gardaí investigating...
"Mass of evidence" points to tiger kidnap accused's guilt, prosecution say
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, prosecution counsel has outlined what it characterises as compelling evidence linking Paschal Kelly, aged 52, from Cootehill, Co. Cavan, to a tiger kidnapping at Malahide in September 2014. Mr Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges including...
Detective tells trial he believes tiger kidnap accused has links to organised crime
A detective has testified at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he holds the view a man accused of involvement in a €90,000 tiger kidnapping in 2014 has connections to organised crime. Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and from Cootehill, County Cavan, has pleaded not guilty to multiple...
Detectives who identified tiger kidnap accused previously took part in his arrest, trial told
A man from Cootehill, County Cavan, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an alleged tiger kidnapping in September 2014. Paschal Kelly, aged 52, faces charges of trespass, false imprisonment of a postmistress and two others at a...
Tiger kidnap trial enters seventh week
The trial of Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and from Cootehill, Co. Cavan, has entered its seventh week at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Mr Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges including trespass, false imprisonment of three people at a premises in Malahide, Dublin on September 25,...
Expert found nothing of evidential value in tiger kidnap car, trial hears
A garda fingerprint expert has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that examination of a vehicle used in a €90,000 tiger kidnapping yielded no evidential value. Garda Frank Doyle said he found nothing of relevance during internal and external inspection of a Volkswagen Golf, nor...
Tiger kidnap jury hears evidence of crime scene preservation
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard evidence regarding garda procedures at a crime scene in a tiger kidnapping trial. Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and from Cootehill, County Cavan, has pleaded not guilty to charges of trespass and false imprisonment of a postmistress...