Two months of Cooper’s suspended sentence activated after phone found in cell
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Judge Ronan Munro activated two months of Cameron Cooper’s suspended sentence after an unauthorised mobile phone was found in his prison cell. The decision at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court followed a prosecution application under Section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006. The proceedings were reported on 2 February 2026.
Cooper pleaded guilty to possessing a mobile phone in prison. Cloverhill District Court convicted him in December 2025 and fined him €300. The phone had been found during a search of his cell on 26 September 2025.
Cooper had been sentenced on 24 March 2025 for the hit-and-run death of 21-year-old apprentice electrician Dylan Killalee Maher. Judge Munro imposed five years and three months, suspending the final year for five years. Conditions included that Cooper be of good behaviour and keep the peace in custody and for five years after release. He was disqualified from driving for nine years, beginning immediately.
Cooper pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, driving without insurance, making a false report of a crime and failing to offer assistance to avoid criminal or civil prosecution. The offences occurred on 12 November 2023 at locations on the Naas Road and Turnpike Road.
Cooper was driving at about 120km/h in a 60km/h zone when he struck Dylan Killalee Maher, who was getting his coat from the boot of another car. He left the scene and called emergency services, suggesting his car had been stolen. In interviews, Cooper claimed the other car had appeared suddenly and that he panicked and did not know anyone was hurt.
At the phone offence hearing, defence counsel Oisin Clarke asked the court not to activate any of the suspended term, saying Cooper had already been punished in prison and by the conviction. Judge Munro accepted the offence was at the lower end of the scale and noted Cooper had been doing relatively well in custody, but said the violation had to be marked.