Court archive
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2022-05-24 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a 2022 case, senior barrister Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, 53, was charged with the murder of Keith Conlon, 36, at Hazelgrove Farm, Tallaght, on 22 February. Conlon was shot, severely injured, and died two days later. Phelan was remanded after appearing at Tallaght District Court on 25 February, and a bail application was initially refused by the…
2022-04-08 · Tallaght, Dublin
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, a senior counsel and law lecturer, was granted bail by the Court of Appeal after the High Court had rejected his application on the basis of flight risk. The appeal court set strict conditions: Phelan must post a €50,000 bond and secure an independent surety of €50,000, surrender his U.S. passport, obey a curfew, provide a…
2022-04-07 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a High Court bail hearing, senior counsel Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, 53, accused of murdering Keith Conlon, 36, at Hazelgrove Farm, was denied bail by Justice Deirdre Murphy on grounds of flight risk. The Court of Appeal President, Justice George Birmingham, criticised the High Court judge for leaving him "totally in the dark" about Phelan's…
2022-04-05 · Tallaght, Dublin
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, an Associate Professor of Law at Trinity College and barrister, appealed a High Court decision refusing him bail pending his trial for the murder of Keith Conlon. The Court of Appeal, presided over by Mr Justice George Birmingham, adjourned the matter until Thursday. Mr Phelan is accused of fatally shooting Mr Conlon at…
2022-03-25 · Tallaght, Dublin
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, a senior counsel aged 53, is appealing a High Court refusal of bail after being charged with the murder of Keith Conlon, 36, who died two days after a fatal shooting on Hazelgrove Farm in Tallaght on 22 February. Phelan, who teaches at Trinity College Dublin, argued that a bail refusal would ruin his life's work, but…
2022-03-21 · Tallaght, Dublin
In a High Court hearing on 21 March 2022, Justice Deirdre Murphy refused bail to Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, a 53‑year‑old barrister and law lecturer, who is accused of murdering Keith Conlon, a 36‑year‑old father of four, in a fatal shooting on a farm in Tallaght on 22 February. The judge found that Phelan posed a serious flight risk, citing the…
2022-03-16 · Tallaght, Dublin
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, a senior counsel and law lecturer aged 53, is accused of murdering Keith Conlon, a 36‑year‑old father of four, in a fatal shooting on farmland in Tallaght on 22 February. The High Court heard that Phelan allegedly shot Conlon in the back of the head after a verbal altercation, following an earlier incident in which he fired…