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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

Courts News Ireland report
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

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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

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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

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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

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High Court 2022-05-09 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...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2021-05-07 Courts News Ireland

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...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2021-03-18 Courts News Ireland

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...

Court of Appeal 2020-05-18 Courts News Ireland

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...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2019-12-06 Courts News Ireland

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...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2019-02-01 Courts News Ireland

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,...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2019-01-25 Courts News Ireland

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...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2018-12-07 Courts News Ireland

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...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2018-12-06 Courts News Ireland

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...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2018-11-21 Courts News Ireland

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,...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2018-11-14 Courts News Ireland

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...