Co. Donegal • 140 court reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Convoy from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A 19-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to two years in custody following two high-speed pursuits by gardaí within four months, including an incident in which his vehicle overturned on the M50. Josh Killeen pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts
A man has been jailed for ten years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for supervising a drug trafficking operation. Tomasz Zdechlikiewicz, aged 38 of Clongriffin, was found guilty of possessing 36 kilogrammes of cannabis with intent to supply and possessin
A man has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment following his guilty plea to offences connected with the fatal shooting of Noel Campion in Limerick city in April 2007. Darragh Quinlivan, aged 42, entered pleas to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and to parti
A 42-year-old man with links to the Dundon-McCarthy organised crime group has pleaded guilty to participation in that criminal organisation and to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life following the fatal shooting of Noel Campion in Limerick City on April 26, 2007.
James McMahon, aged 31, of Riversdale Road, Clondalkin, has been sentenced to six years and nine months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with the final two years suspended. McMahon pleaded guilty to stealing six vehicles from homes in his local community between Feb
A 37-year-old man from Castlefin, County Donegal, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court for the rape of an 18-year-old woman at an address in Convoy on 14 January 2018. Desmond Leitch was found guilty by jury following a trial in which eviden
The Court of Appeal has upheld convictions against two men who acted as getaway drivers during the fatal 2016 Regency Hotel attack in Dublin. Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy, both based in the greater Dublin area, were found guilty in April 2022 at the Special Criminal Court of faci
Two men have been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court following a serious assault arising from a feud between Traveller families in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. Michael Nevin, aged 41, of Grange Heights, Mullingar, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment with the final two years
A man suffered life-threatening injuries when stabbed multiple times during an assault on Austin Friars Street in Mullingar on August 2nd, 2024, arising from an ongoing feud between Traveller families. The Central Criminal Court heard that Anthony Dinnegan Jnr sustained serious w
Jordan Domican, aged 24, of Collinstown Grove, Clondalkin, Dublin, has been sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. He pleaded guilty to two counts of facilitating a criminal organisation between May 9 and May 11, 2024. The court heard t
A former football manager has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after conviction on three drugs offences linked to a significant heroin operation. Andrew Noonan, aged 45 and from County Kildare, was found guilty of possession with intent to s
A Moldovan national has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Stefan Copiimulti, aged 42 and residing in Dublin 15, pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine worth €1.12 million with intent to s
A man described as middle management in a significant drug operation has been sentenced to seven years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Philip Lawless, aged 48 and from Leixlip, County Kildare, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and cocaine worth over €3.18 milli
The Director of Public Prosecutions has lodged an appeal against a High Court decision that upheld the Special Criminal Court's determination that Michael Connolly, a man from County Louth, was the victim of a miscarriage of justice. The case centres on Mr Connolly's conviction i
Keith McCormick, aged 23, from Dublin addresses in Bluebell and Mulhuddart, was sentenced to five years and six months' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 27 November following guilty pleas to a series of offences spanning 2020 and 2021. The charges included possess
Keith McCormick, aged 23, with addresses in Dublin, has received a five-year and six-month custodial sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a series of drug dealing, burglary, and vehicle theft offences committed between May 2020 and May 2021. The final fifteen months of t
The Court of Appeal examined arguments on 8 October challenging the convictions of Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy, who were found guilty at the Special Criminal Court in April 2022 of facilitating the murder of David Byrne, a Kinahan Cartel member, during an attack at the Regency H
Three men have had their convictions upheld by the Court of Appeal following a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Martin O'Toole, aged 60, of Claremorris, County Mayo; PJ Sweeney, aged 59, of Ram
A man from Wicklow has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Ryon Fitzpatrick, aged 34 and with an address in Enniskelly, was arrested in October 2020 as he accompanied a van containin
A man serving a life sentence for the July 2016 murder of a Dublin business owner has failed in his appeal to overturn his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The appellant, who was convicted in 2018 at the Special Criminal Court, challenged the admissibility of CCTV evidence used