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Double-murderer challenges 'unreasonable and irrational' decision to bar him from own home
Summary
Declan Power has received permission from the High Court to challenge a Minister for Justice decision that bars him from living at his home within an 18-kilometre exclusion zone while on release. Declan Power pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Double-murderer challenges 'unreasonable and irrational' decision to bar him from own home. Charges or matters: murdering his wife, Joan Power (40) and publican Maurice 'Mossie' Curran (48), with whom he suspected his wife was having an affair. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 2002 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 2024 Other
- April 2025 Other
- September 2025 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2026-03-03 Publication
Why: Power submits to the High Court that he is barred from living in his family home, where his daughter lives, because it falls within the 18km exclusion radius of Clashmore village, where he murdered Mr Curran. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: murdering his wife, Joan Power (40) and publican Maurice 'Mossie' Curran (48), with whom he suspected his wife was having an affair (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Power (then 47), a self-employed mechanic, was sentenced to concurrent life sentences for the two March 2002 murders and has been on release, on strict conditions, since April 2021.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
- High Court
- Minister. The Central Criminal Court
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