Alan Harte, Alan O’Brien and Darren Redmond lose kidnap appeals

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Alan Harte, Alan O’Brien and Darren Redmond had their convictions for false imprisonment and intentionally causing harm upheld by the Court of Appeal in a judgment delivered on 13 January 2026. The offences took place at a yard in Drumbrade, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, on 17 September 2019.

The three men had been sentenced to prison terms after their convictions in the Special Criminal Court. The Court of Appeal rejected their challenges to the admission of DNA evidence, phone records and CCTV evidence. Lawyers for the men then confirmed they planned to appeal their sentences; the case was listed for Court of Appeal case management on 13 February.