Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2026-03-23
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: McCourt (34) of Edenreive, Newry, Co Down, was previously jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court, having also pleaded guilty to facilitating the criminal organisation's efforts to import restricted weapons between February 2023 and July 2024, and the possession of firearms components.
2026-03-16
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mark McCourt (34) of Edenreive, Newry, Co Down, was previously jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court, having also pleaded guilty to facilitating the criminal organisation's efforts to import restricted weapons between February 2023 and July 2024, and the possession of firearms components. McCourt was previously jailed for going to the home of an off-duty garda and ramming her car.
2026-02-09
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mark McCourt (34) of Edenreive, Newry, Co Down, was previously jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court, having also pleaded guilty to facilitating the criminal organisation's efforts to import restricted weapons between February 2023 and July 2024, and the possession of firearms components.
2026-02-09
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mark McCourt (34) of Edenreive, Newry, Co Down, was previously jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court, having also pleaded guilty to facilitating the criminal organisation's efforts to import restricted weapons between February 2023 and July 2024, and the possession of firearms components.
2025-11-03
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mark McCourt (34) of Edenreive, Newry, Co Down, was sentenced by the Special Criminal Court today, having pleaded guilty in July participation in a criminal organisation's efforts to import restricted weapons between February 2023 and July 2024, and possession of firearms. Det Insp McCartan said McCourt was jailed for three years, with 18 months suspended, on foot of a conviction for a criminal damage incident in which he had gone to the home address of an off-duty garda at 2.55am and "rammed" her car.