Daniel Dooley loses appeal against Thomas Dooley murder conviction

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Daniel Dooley’s murder conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal in a judgment delivered on 3 June 2026. The conviction concerns the fatal attack on Thomas Dooley at Rath Cemetery in Tralee on 5 October 2022.

The court rejected Dooley’s argument that the case should have been withdrawn from the jury because his identification by the victim’s widow was unfair. Justice Nuala Butler said the circumstantial evidence was sufficient for the jury to consider whether he was part of a pre-planned attack.