Special Criminal Court

Reports and case summaries, listed by the case date supplied with each report.

• Trial date for Antoin Duffy expected to be set next month 2026-04-13
• Five men jailed for branding attack on Barry Moore 2026-03-25
• Seven men jailed for cocaine importation conspiracy, with terms up to 12 years 2026-03-23
• Sentencing of Abdullah Khan put back to November 2026-03-23
• Court orders more than €17,000 returned to Conor O’Brien after laundering charges dropped 2026-03-23
• Sean McGovern pleads guilty to directing a criminal organisation 2026-03-16
• Conor O’Brien sentenced for firearms offences 2026-03-16
• Two men jailed for six years over disposal of Keane Mulready-Woods’ remains 2026-02-16
• Conor O’Brien jailed for 10 years over gun smuggling operation 2026-02-09
• Dutch teacher offered surety for man charged with conspiring to import drugs 2026-02-04
• Five men jailed for branding attack on Barry Moore 2026-02-03
• Former British soldier Gary Monks jailed for 10 years over cocaine-import conspiracy 2026-01-20
• Stephen Carberry pleads guilty to impeding prosecution after Keane Mulready-Woods murder 2026-01-19
• Sean McGovern sentenced to 24 years for directing criminal organisation 2026-01-19
• Sentencing of man who stabbed garda put back to November 2026-01-12
• Seven men sentenced for conspiracy to import controlled drugs 2025-12-11
• Five men jailed for assault involving ‘RAT’ branding 2025-12-08
• Five men jailed over attack in which Barry Moore was branded with ‘RAT’ 2025-12-06
• Five men sentenced after Barry Moore refused to testify in branding assault case 2025-12-05
• Five men jailed for assault in which victim was branded with “RAT” 2025-12-04
• Stephen Carberry pleads guilty to assisting an offender in Keane Mulready-Woods case 2025-12-01
• Five men jailed over branding attack; terms range from three to 8½ years 2025-12-01
• Special Criminal Court issues warrant for Barry Moore 2025-11-24
• Court orders return of more than €17,000 to Conor O’Brien after money-laundering charges dropped 2025-11-17
• Four men plead guilty to conspiring to import drugs 2025-10-20
• Ryan Watson jailed for 10½ years over cocaine import conspiracy 2025-07-31
• Mark McCourt jailed for 12 years over gun-running ring 2025-07-28
• Devon Hennessy sentenced to three years for false imprisonment and attack 2025-07-28
• Five men jailed over Dublin branding iron attack 2025-07-23
• Conor Costello jailed for 10½ years over €42m cocaine conspiracy 2025-07-23
• Seven men sentenced to a combined 70 years over West Cork drug import conspiracy 2025-07-21
• Richard Treacy jailed for two years and eight months over money laundering 2025-07-21
• Jamie Moss sentenced to three years and eight months, with final 20 months suspended 2025-07-21
• Juan Antonio Gallardo Barroso sentenced to eight years over west Cork drug conspiracy 2025-07-09
• Eight men jailed for combined 129 years over €157m cocaine seizure 2025-07-04
• Seven men face trial on alleged drugs importation conspiracy 2025-07-01
• Ali Ghasemi Mazidi’s drug-importation conspiracy trial date held after adjournment 2025-07-01
• Teenager sentenced to five years, partly suspended, for gun and drug offences 2025-06-18
• Sean McGovern jailed for 24 years for directing criminal organisation 2025-06-18
• Sarah Jane Byrne jailed for four years over firearms offences 2025-06-05
• Jamie Harbron jailed for 13½ years over attempted cocaine transfer 2025-06-04
• Eight men jailed over €157 million cocaine shipment after Army Rangers board MV Matthew 2025-06-03
• Conor O’Brien jailed for 10 years over firearms offences 2025-05-26
• Three men sentenced after guilty pleas to drugs importation conspiracy 2025-04-11
• Soheil Jelveh jailed 17½ years for cocaine smuggling 2025-04-07
• Eight MV Matthew defendants jailed for cocaine trafficking 2025-04-07
• Stephen Carberry jailed for assisting an offender 2025-03-24
• Glen Ward jailed for firing semi-automatic rifle in Finglas 2025-03-21
• Alan Harte and two others lose appeals over Kevin Lunney convictions 2025-03-11
• James Flynn to face retrial for car theft conspiracy 2025-03-10
• Nathan McDonnell jailed for 12 years over crystal meth importation 2025-02-28
• Andrecut and Hennessy appeal convictions over Tristan Sherry attack 2025-02-17
• Harold Estoesta jailed for 18 years over cocaine trafficking 2025-02-12
• Saeid Hassani jailed for cocaine possession on MV Matthew 2025-02-11
• Mykhailo Gavryk jailed for cocaine possession for supply 2025-02-06
• Judgment reserved in Alan Harte’s Special Criminal Court conviction appeal 2025-02-04
• Cumali Ozgen jailed for 20 years for cocaine trafficking 2025-02-04
• Aleksander Milic jailed for drug import conspiracy 2025-01-21
• Three men deny murdering Tristan Sherry as judgment is awaited 2025-01-20
• James Flynn’s conspiracy conviction challenged on appeal 2025-01-16
• Vitaliy Lapa jailed for attempted cocaine possession 2025-01-13
• Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell jailed for Gareth Hutch murder 2024-12-20
• Jamie Harbron jailed for attempted cocaine possession in Ireland 2024-12-19
• Judgment reserved in appeals over Tristan Sherry attack 2024-12-16
• Wayne Deegan murder trial set for 28 April 2025 2024-12-12
• Noah Musueni jailed for nine years for Tristan Sherry murder 2024-12-12
• Michael Andrecut jailed for Tristan Sherry’s murder 2024-12-11
• Mark Salmon jailed for 10 years for threats and drugs offences 2024-12-11
• Ali Ghasemi Mazidi's drug conspiracy case adjourned for mention 2024-12-11
• James Leen trial date set over crystal meth charges 2024-12-09
• State allowed to dispose of MV Matthew after cocaine haul 2024-12-02
• Eric O’Driscoll jailed for assault rifle possession in Finglas 2024-12-02
• Brandon Hennessy jailed for violent disorder after father shot dead 2024-11-20
• David Amah sentenced to 12 years for Tristan Sherry murder 2024-11-19
• Michael Andrecut appeals murder conviction over Tristan Sherry 2024-11-18
• Michael Andrecut sentenced to life for Tristan Sherry’s murder 2024-11-15
• Brandon Hennessy convicted of violent disorder after Dublin restaurant shooting 2024-11-13
• Three men convicted of Tristan Sherry’s murder 2024-11-08
• Noah Musueni convicted of murdering Tristan Sherry in Dublin 2024-11-07
• Noah Musueni pleads not guilty to murder at Special Criminal Court 2024-11-06