19 linked court reports in the localnews.ie archive.
This page groups public court reports by matching name and address evidence in the localnews.ie archive. Court reports can include allegations, charges, appeals, convictions and outcomes; read each linked report for its exact status and source attribution.
Kevin Braney, aged 49 and identified by gardaí as a leader of the dissident republican organisation styling itself the New IRA, is pursuing an appeal of his 2019 conviction for the premeditated murder of Peter Butterly. The appeal, heard at the Special...
A 49-year-old man identified by gardaí as leader of the New IRA is challenging his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal, with his defence team arguing the conviction should be quashed as unsafe. Kevin Braney was found guilty by the Special Criminal Court...
Raymond Kennedy has appealed his conviction for perverting the course of justice in relation to the 2013 murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Kennedy was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court in July 2021 after...
A Dublin man has lost his appeal against conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. The Court of Appeal dismissed all grounds of appeal by Ciaran Maguire (32), who was sentenced to four years and 11 months...
Ray Kennedy, aged 40, of Blanchardstown in Dublin, has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for perverting the course of justice. Kennedy was convicted of destroying a mobile phone SIM card on 6 March 2013, the day...
A man from Dublin has appealed his conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation after a trial in the Special Criminal Court in 2018. Ciaran Maguire, aged 32, and co-accused Kevin Braney were found guilty of IRA membership following an incident in Co...
At the Special Criminal Court, a Detective Chief Superintendent presented evidence regarding two men charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army in connection with the fatal shooting of Peter Butterly in March...
The Special Criminal Court has heard evidence during an ongoing trial concerning the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly in March 2013. Laurence Murphy, aged 62, of Bettystown, County Meath, and Ray Kennedy, aged 39, of Blanchardstown,...
At the Special Criminal Court, proceedings in a trial concerning two men charged with membership of an unlawful organisation have entered a phase of legal argument focusing on mobile phone data retention. Laurence Murphy, aged 62, from Bettystown, County...
A witness in the Special Criminal Court has testified that the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Gormanston, County Meath on 6 March 2013 was an "IRA operation". David Cullen, now in the Witness Protection Program, gave evidence in trials of...
The Special Criminal Court is hearing evidence in the trial of two men accused of involvement in the 2013 killing of dissident republican Peter Butterly. The court listened to a covert audio recording made by gardaí from a listening device placed in a...
The Special Criminal Court heard evidence in October 2019 that an accused man was observed meeting individuals already convicted of involvement in the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Surveillance officers testified that on March 7,...
The widow of dissident republican Peter Butterly told gardai that a man on trial in connection with her husband's death was a trusted friend to them both, the Special Criminal Court heard. Mrs Butterly gave evidence that her late husband met the accused on...
At the Special Criminal Court, Ray Kennedy and Laurence Murphy have pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, in relation to the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly on...
Two men have pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court to membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, in connection with the March 2013 killing of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Gormanston, County Meath....
Two men have been convicted and sentenced by the Special Criminal Court in connection with the 2013 murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Michael McDermott of Ballinagh, County Cavan, received four years imprisonment with the final six months...
Two men appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 11 March 2019 for sentencing following their guilty pleas in a case arising from the March 2013 murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in County Meath. Michael McDermott, aged sixty, from...
Kevin Braney, a 44-year-old man from Charlestown in County Mayo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of Peter Butterly in 2013. The Special Criminal Court found Braney guilty of the premeditated killing of...
A protected State's witness testified at the Special Criminal Court on the circumstances surrounding the 2013 shooting death of dissident republican Peter Butterly. The witness, formerly charged with murder but subsequently turned informant, gave evidence in...