Case-subject index
Court reports mentioning Paul Murphy
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2026-07-03
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Paul Murphy (L) and Jason Bonney (R) prior to their convictions for acting as getaway drivers following fatal gun attack Pic: Collins) By Fiona Magennis Two getaway drivers in the Regency Hotel attack, during which Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne was murdered, have failed to have their prison sentences reduced, with the Court of Appeal finding their roles in the events were "far from peripheral". In dismissing both men's appeals against their respective sentences today, Mr Justice John Edwards said the assistance provided by Bonney and Murphy in facilitating those "more centrally involved" in the Regency attack was "meaningful" and "far from peripheral". "The Hutch criminal organisation operates at a high level of criminality, is notoriously involved in a long running feud with the rival Kinahan criminal organisation which has claimed many lives, and its activities challenge and represent a very serious threat to the rule of law and rules-based social order in this country," he said.
2026-06-29
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) Two getaway drivers in the Regency Hotel attack, during which Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne was murdered, have argued that the prison sentences imposed on them were too high. Mark Lynam SC, representing Murphy, said that the sentence imposed on his client was too high, given Murphy's level of involvement and engagement in the offence, including his lack of knowledge.
2025-12-12
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Acquitted
Outcome: Acquitted; Both men's appeals against their convictions were dismissed by the Court of Appeal in November, and their lawyers indicated at that stage that the two men planned to go ahead with appeals against their respective sentences. The lawyer said submissions in relation to Murphy's sentence appeal have been filed and his legal team are seeking a hearing date "as soon as possible". "We are in a position to proceed so we are asking that a date is fixed," she said.
2025-11-10
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Acquitted
Outcome: Acquitted; Following the court's ruling, lawyers for each of the men confirmed they both plan to go ahead with appeals against their respective sentences.
2024-10-08
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: reserved the court's judgement
2023-05-12
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; The judge made the comments at the non-jury court today as she imposed a sentence of nine years on Paul Murphy (61), of Cherry Avenue, Swords, Co Dublin and jailed his co-accused Jason Bonney (52), of Drumnigh Wood, Portmarnock, Dublin 13 for eight and a half years.
2023-05-10
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty
2023-04-17
Stage: Finding
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty
2022-07-15
Stage: Appeal
2022-07-08
Stage: Appeal
2022-06-20
Stage: Trial