Special Criminal Court

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

• Niall Murphy leaves ICU after critical Covid-19 illness 2020-03-30
• Mark Capper jailed for helping plan Patsy Hutch murder 2020-03-30
• Thomas McGuinness charged with false imprisonment in Louth 2020-03-03
• Owen Cummins jailed for firearm and silencer offence 2020-03-03
• William Twomey remanded over alleged assault and false imprisonment 2020-02-25
• Jim Mansfield Jnr denied bail variation over false imprisonment charges 2020-02-19
• Two men remanded over alleged Co Louth farmhouse attack 2020-02-18
• Gareth Brophy jailed for helping facilitate David Douglas murder 2020-02-17
• Derek Devoy pleads guilty to gun, grenade and assault charges 2020-02-17
• William Twomey and Anthony Finglas remanded over false imprisonment 2020-02-11
• Gary McAreavy trial date set for impeding prosecution 2020-02-10
• Caolan Smyth jailed for attempted murder at Special Court 2020-01-20
• Dean Howe jailed six years for murder conspiracy 2019-12-20
• Gareth Brophy pleads guilty to helping facilitate murder 2019-12-13
• Owen Cummins jailed for handgun and silencer possession 2019-12-10
• Laurence Murphy and Ray Kennedy acquitted of IRA membership 2019-12-03
• Jim Mansfield jnr remanded on bail in conspiracy case 2019-12-03
• Martin Aylmer jailed for role in Dublin murder 2019-11-29
• Robert O'Leary charged with IRA membership over Belfast bomb 2019-11-25
• Ray Kennedy pleads not guilty to IRA membership charge 2019-11-18
• Paul Casey's IRA membership charge struck out in Dublin 2019-11-18
• Eoin Morrissey receives suspended sentences for impeding prosecution 2019-11-18
• Surveillance evidence heard in Liam Brannigan murder conspiracy trial 2019-11-12
• Liam Brannigan sought exclusion of recordings in murder conspiracy trial 2019-11-06
• Liam Brannigan pleads not guilty to murder conspiracy 2019-11-04
• Kenneth Donohoe and Darren Murphy to face murder trial 2019-11-04
• Laurence Murphy and Ray Kennedy denied IRA membership charges 2019-10-31
• Liam Brannigan: recordings admitted in murder conspiracy trial 2019-10-30
• Liam Brannigan has murder conspiracy evidence admitted 2019-10-30
• Liam Brannigan charged with conspiring to murder in CCTV trial 2019-10-22
• Ray Kennedy on trial over IRA membership and alleged act to pervert justice 2019-10-16
• Liam Brannigan pleads not guilty to conspiracy to murder 2019-10-14
• Liam Brannigan convicted of conspiracy to murder Gary Hanley 2019-10-11
• Liam Brannigan trial hears evidence on CCTV collection 2019-10-10
• Liam Brannigan charged with conspiracy to murder 2019-10-09
• Laurence Murphy and Ray Kennedy face IRA membership trial 2019-10-07
• Jim Mansfield Jnr charged with false imprisonment conspiracy 2019-10-07
• Alan Wilson has trial date set for attempted murder charges 2019-10-07
• Paul Casey granted bail on IRA membership charge 2019-09-23
• Gary Thompson, Glen Thompson and Robert Browne jailed for firearms offence 2019-07-29
• Three men convicted over firearms in alleged Hutch plot 2019-07-15
• Paul Beatty jailed for loaded gun possession in Dublin 2019-07-15
• Declan Brady jailed for firearms offences in Dublin 2019-07-15
• Alan Wilson jailed for six years over murder plot 2019-07-15
• Darren Weldon acquitted of IRA membership at Special Criminal Court 2019-07-09
• John O'Donoghue and Paul Whelan jailed for gun offence 2019-07-05
• Gary Thompson pleads guilty to firearms offence at Special Criminal Court 2019-07-05
• John O'Donoghue and Paul Whelan convicted of firearm offence 2019-06-26
• Michael Connolly acquitted of IRA membership in Dundalk 2019-06-24
• Paul Whelan and John O'Donoghue deny handgun charge 2019-06-20
• John O’Donoghue and Paul Whelan on trial over firearm charge 2019-06-19
• Mairtin Manning jailed for explosives at Dublin court 2019-05-27
• Joseph Kelly pleads guilty to conspiracy to murder 2019-05-27
• Mairtin Manning jailed for seven years over TNT possession 2019-04-29
• Larry Behan gets suspended sentence for IRA explosives offence 2019-04-29
• John Roche and John Brock face adjourned explosives sentencing 2019-04-12
• Donal O'Hara named in assault and false imprisonment report 2019-04-12
• Dessie O'Hare jailed seven years for assault and false imprisonment 2019-04-11
• Declan McDermott pleads guilty to TNT possession 2019-04-10
• Paul Beatty remanded over unlawful firearm possession 2019-04-09
• John O’Brien admits explosive-possession assistance charge 2019-04-09
• Michael Brady trial continues on drugs and firearms charges 2019-04-02
• Michael Brady found guilty of possessing €1.25m heroin 2019-03-29
• John Brock pleads not guilty to explosives possession 2019-03-28
• John Brock and John Roche plead not guilty to explosives charge 2019-03-26
• James Joseph Cassidy jailed for IRA membership 2019-03-21
• Michael Brady pleads not guilty to drugs and gun charges 2019-03-19
• Michael Brady denies drugs and rifle charges 2019-03-15
• Michael McDermott and Frank Murphy jailed over Butterly murder roles 2019-03-11
• Colin Casey jailed for impeding prosecution of killers 2019-03-11
• Patrick Hutch discharged after Regency murder charge dropped 2019-02-20
• John O'Donoghue and Paul Whelan face firearm trial 2019-02-08
• Kevin Braney guilty of murdering Peter Butterly 2019-02-04
• James Joseph Cassidy pleads not guilty to IRA membership 2019-01-29
• Sean Ruth jailed for firearms possession at Special Criminal Court 2019-01-24
• Sean Ruth pleads guilty to revolver and ammunition charges 2019-01-22
• Sean Ruth pleads not guilty to firearms charges 2019-01-21
• Gareth Brophy returned for murder trial at Special Criminal Court 2019-01-14
• Eoin Morrissey charged with impeding prosecution in Cork 2018-12-21
• Court enters not guilty plea for Julian Flohr in IRA membership trial 2018-12-19