Jeffrey Morrow and Paul O’Beirne jailed for serious offence

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Jeffrey Morrow and Paul O’Beirne were sentenced to 20 years for facilitating a serious offence, reported on 31 July 2019, with Morrow receiving 11 years and O’Beirne nine. The offence involved helping a criminal gang murder Vinnie Ryan in Finglas, north Dublin, in 2016.

The men had pleaded not guilty to murder before the murder charge was dropped and they pleaded guilty to facilitating a serious offence. The court heard they provided and destroyed a stolen Volkswagen Golf used by the gunmen, and the car was later found burnt out near Naas, Co Kildare.