2026-06-19
Criminal who tried to dissuade witness in garda murder trial seeks to overturn conviction
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Byrne, who has over 120 convictions, was sentenced to two years for the offence. Among his many convictions, Byrne was jailed for 18 years with four suspended for an aggravated burglary in 2013 in Tipperary in which he and six others broke into a family home and terrorised a couple and their three daughters, then aged eight, six and two.