Court archive
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2026-01-14 · Dublin
The owner of a discount store, Anthony Walsh, has been fined €5,000 for selling untaxed cigarettes and tobacco. Walsh, 66, pleaded guilty to keeping for sale products without the relevant Irish tax stamps in his shop, 'Dominics Crazy Deals'. Revenue officers found 44,560 cigarettes and 2.75 kg of hand-rolled tobacco during a search of his shop in…
2019-11-26 · Swords, Dublin
Anthony Walsh, 32, was convicted of murder for the killing of Dermot Byrne, 54, in Swords on 16 July 2017. Walsh admitted killing Byrne but denied it was murder. He claimed Byrne attacked him during a drunken altercation over a cigarette, but prosecutors argued his account was unrealistic given Walsh's height and Byrne's intoxication. Walsh sent…
2019-11-19 · Swords, Dublin
Anthony Walsh, 32, of no fixed abode, appeared in the Court of Appeal to challenge his conviction for the murder of Dermot Byrne, 54, at North St, Swords, Co Dublin, on July 16, 2017. Walsh had admitted killing Mr Byrne but denied the charge of murder, claiming self-defence and provocation. A Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty, and Ms…
2018-10-23 · Dublin
A 31‑year‑old, Anthony Walsh, was found guilty of murdering 54‑year‑old Dermot Byrne in Swords on 16 July 2017 after a drunken altercation over a cigarette. The jury, after deliberating 2 hours 41 minutes, returned a unanimous verdict. Shawna Byrne, the victim's daughter, gave an emotional statement describing the loss of her father's life and…
2018-10-23 · Swords, Dublin
In the trial of Anthony Walsh, who admitted beating Dermot Byrne to death during a drunken altercation, the jury asked the judge to clarify the legal definitions of murder and provocation. Walsh, 31, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, theft of a bank card, keys and a Zippo lighter from Byrne on 16 July 2017. The jury spent…
2018-10-22 · Swords, Dublin
In a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, 31‑year‑old Anthony Walsh pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter and theft of a bank card, keys and a Zippo lighter from Dermot Byrne on 16 July 2017. The prosecution, led by Vincent Heneghan SC, described Byrne's death as "savagery," urging a murder conviction. Defence counsel…
2018-10-18 · Swords, Dublin
During a Central Criminal Court hearing, Anthony Walsh, 31, admitted killing but denied murdering 54‑year‑old Dermot Byrne. He told a friend via Facebook Messenger that he had killed someone and that Byrne "kept coming at me" after three warnings. Walsh also sent messages to a woman who had recently added him on Facebook, describing her as "fit"…
2018-10-17 · Dublin
Anthony Walsh, 31, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Dermot Byrne, 54, but guilty to manslaughter and theft of Byrne's bank card, keys and a Zippo lighter on 16 July 2017. Garda Jason McDonnell arrested Walsh after listening to phone calls with his mother, Marie Walsh, during which Walsh claimed he was attacked and warned Byrne to "get away…
2018-10-17 · Glencullen, Dublin
Anthony Walsh, 31, was arrested at his parents' home in Glencullen after the death of 54‑year‑old Dermot Byrne. Walsh pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, and also admitted stealing a bank card, keys and a Zippo lighter from Byrne on 16 July 2017 at North St, Swords. During the arrest, Walsh told Garda Jason McDonnell that he…
2018-10-16 · Swords, Dublin
During a murder trial, retired Garda Niall Jones recounted his horror upon discovering a naked, bloody body on North Street, Swords, at about 2.50 am. While searching for a taxi, he mistook a lifelike inflatable dummy for a person and, upon closer inspection, found the body of a man who had been beaten to death. Jones called 999 and attempted…
2018-10-15 · Swords, Dublin
During a night in Swords on 16 July 2017, 54‑year‑old Dermot Byrne was involved in a scuffle with 31‑year‑old Anthony Walsh, who later pleaded not guilty to Byrne's murder but guilty to manslaughter and theft of a bank card, keys and a Zippo lighter. Door staff at the Harp Bar intervened when Byrne and Walsh argued around 2.11 am. Byrne, who had…
2018-10-12 · Swords, Dublin
During a murder trial, a 24‑hour shop worker, Tayyeb Hasan, testified that the deceased, 54‑year‑old Dermot Byrne, told him, "I'm going to kill you," after refusing to sell him cigarettes. Hasan, who works at an Applegreen shop in Swords, said Byrne was drunk and had tried to use his bank card but could not remember his PIN. Hasan called the…
2018-10-11 · Swords, Dublin
In a murder trial, Anthony Walsh, 31, admitted killing Dermot Byrne, 54, on 16 July 2017 in Swords, Co Dublin. Walsh pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to theft of Byrne's bank card, keys and lighter. Byrne had spent the evening at St Colmcille's GAA club, Estuary Bar, a bookmaker, and Harp Bar, where he was refused entry. At 2.10 am,…
2018-10-10 · Swords, Dublin
Anthony Walsh, 31, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter of 54‑year‑old Dermot Byrne. Walsh, who has no fixed address, is charged with Byrne's murder on 16 July 2017 at North St, Swords, Co Dublin. He also pleaded guilty to stealing a bank card, keys and a lighter from Byrne on the same date and location. A jury of six men and…