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Criminal on bail assaulted two gardai while 'off his face on drugs'
Summary
Daniel Ryan, 24, of Clondalkin, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for two offences. He pleaded guilty to assault causing harm on May 1 2023 after striking Garda Mark Walsh and Garda Grace Lumsden during a stop of a Kia Sportage in Clondalkin. He also pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for sale or supply on January 8 2019, after fingerprints matched a discarded lunchbox containing 24.6 g of crack cocaine and heroin. Ryan was on bail at the time of the assault and had 36 prior convictions. Judge Pauline Codd imposed a one‑year term for the drug offence and a two‑and‑a‑half‑year term for the assault, to run consecutively, totalling three and a half years. The final 18 months were suspended on strict conditions, including engagement with the Probation Service. Ryan is currently serving five and a half years, with his sentence expiring in November 2028.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Criminal on bail assaulted two gardai while 'off his face on drugs'. Charges or matters: two counts of assault causing harm on May 1, 2023; possession of cocaine for sale or supply on January 8, 2019, after his fingerprints were found on a discarded lunchbox containing the drugs; having the cocaine. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- May 1, 2023 Incident
- January 8, 2019 Incident
- January 2019 Incident
- October 7, 2021 Incident
- November 2028 Incident
- 2025-10-28 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: two counts of assault causing harm on May 1, 2023; possession of cocaine for sale or supply on January 8, 2019, after his fingerprints were found on a discarded lunchbox containing the drugs; having the cocaine (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Sentencing Ryan today Judge Pauline Codd imposed consecutive sentences totalling three and half years. She imposed a sentence of two and half years on that case which Judge Codd ordered must be consecutive to the one-year term imposed for the drug case, imposing a total sentence of three and half years.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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