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2021-07-29
In a 2021 decision, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Conor Metcalfe, a 30‑year‑old from Monastery Park, Clondalkin, who had been sentenced to four years and six months by the Special Criminal Court for IRA membership. Metcalfe's appeal against conviction was rejected because the trial court had lawfully used the opinion evidence of…
2021-02-18 · Dublin
In a 2021 Court of Appeal decision, the Special Criminal Court was affirmed as having the authority to rely on the belief evidence of Detective Chief Superintendent Anthony Howard in convicting Conor Metcalfe, a 30‑year‑old from Clondalkin, of IRA membership. Howard had claimed privilege over the material used to form his opinion, citing state…
2020-11-27 · Dublin
Conor Metcalfe, a 30‑year‑old Dublin resident, was convicted by the Special Criminal Court for membership of the Irish Republican Army on 24 November 2015. The conviction was based on belief evidence supplied by Detective Chief Superintendent Anthony Howard, who asserted that Metcalfe was an IRA member after reviewing material and that Metcalfe's…
2020-07-01 · Dublin
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Damien Metcalfe (34), upholding his conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation, the IRA. Metcalfe was found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in November 2015 and sentenced to two years and six months in May 2019. The trial court found that he played a supporting and logistical role in…
2019-05-27 · Dublin
Damien Metcalfe (33) was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for membership of an unlawful organisation, the IRA. The non-jury court found him guilty earlier this month after he denied the charge on November 24, 2015. Mr Justice Tony Hunt stated that evidence, including audio and video from a Garda…
2019-05-17 · Dublin
Damien Metcalfe, 35, of Clondalkin, Dublin, was found guilty of membership of the IRA by the Special Criminal Court. The defendant had denied membership of the unlawful organisation on November 24, 2015. Presiding Judge Tony Hunt, sitting with Judges Martin Nolan and Ann Ryan, accepted the belief evidence of Chief Superintendent Anthony Howard,…
2019-02-18 · Dublin
In a Special Criminal Court hearing, Conor Metcalfe, 28, of Monastery Park, Clondalkin, was found guilty of membership in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment, backdated to 10 December 2018. The court relied on belief evidence from Detective Chief Superintendent Anthony Howard, who asserted…
2019-01-25 · Dublin
A Dublin man found guilty of IRA membership will be sentenced next week at the non-jury Special Criminal Court. Conor Metcalfe (28), of Monastery Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was found guilty by the three-judge court in December of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on November 24, 2015. The…
2018-12-19 · Dublin
A Dublin man has been found guilty of IRA membership by the non-jury Special Criminal Court. Conor Metcalfe (28), of Monastery Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was found guilty of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army on November 24, 2015. The three-judge Special Criminal Court entered a not guilty on…
2018-11-08 · Dublin
The belief evidence of Detective Chief Superintendent Anthony Howard that Conor Metcalfe (28) was a member of the IRA on November 24, 2015, forms the central point of the case against him, the Special Criminal Court has heard. Metcalfe, who is charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, has not…
2018-11-06 · Dublin
Conor Metcalfe, 28, of Clondalkin, Dublin 22, is standing trial in the Special Criminal Court on a charge of membership of the IRA on November 24, 2015. As the accused made no reply when the charge was put, the court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Detective Chief Superintendent Anthony Howard, head of the Special Detective Unit, gave…
2018-11-05 · Dublin
The Special Criminal Court heard evidence in the trial of Conor Metcalfe, 28, of Clondalkin, Dublin 22, who is charged with membership of the IRA on November 24, 2015. As the accused made no reply to the charge, the court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Detective Garda Colm Finnerty testified that he was present when Detective Sergeant…
2018-11-01 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a Special Criminal Court hearing on 1 November 2018, the court ruled that members of the National Surveillance Unit (NSU) must give evidence in secret and be identified only by initials to protect their safety. The case involved Conor Metcalfe, 28, charged with membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Metcalfe was arraigned but remained…
2018-10-31 · Dublin
In a Special Criminal Court hearing on 31 October 2018, Conor Metcalfe, aged 28, was arraigned on a charge of membership in the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He remained seated, did not stand, and gave no answer when the registrar asked him to plead. The presiding judge, Mr Justice Tony Hunt, accepted the silence as a not guilty plea. Metcalfe was…
2016-07-21 · Dublin
During a brief hearing at the Special Criminal Court, Conor Metcalfe, aged 25, was charged with membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Metcalfe had been originally arrested in November of the previous year but was released without charge. He was re‑arrested on 24 November and brought before the court on 9 am. The court heard that he was…