Cases and rulings mentioning Ballymahon from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Court of Appeal
2026-05-15
Courts News Ireland
A Polish cage fighter serving a life sentence for the 2014 murder of a young man in County Roscommon has initiated fresh legal proceedings at the Court of Appeal to challenge his conviction on grounds of miscarriage of justice. Leszek Sychulec, now in his 40s and formerly...
Longford District Court
2026-04-13
Longford Leader
Christopher Thompson — 10 Marian Villas, Ballymahon, Longford
Driving without insurance, Driving without a driver's licence, Driving with excess cannabis in his system
Adjourned to December 13, 2022 for probation report and further enquiries into insurance status
Christopher Thompson (35) pleaded guilty to driving without insurance, without a driver's licence, and with excess cannabis in his system after being stopped on Mostrim Road, Ballymahon on February 16, 2020. An oral fluid sample tested positive for both cannabis and cocaine,...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2026-02-06
Courts News Ireland
A man has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following an assault on an Irish Rail inspector aboard a Dublin to Sligo train at Connolly Station. Gerry Nevin (32), of Mostrim Road, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm on 21...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2025-03-26
Courts News Ireland
A 54-year-old Brazilian man has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction on multiple charges related to operating a brothel network across rural Ireland. Ilamar Rodrigues Ribeiro pleaded guilty to 19 sample counts,...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2025-03-14
Courts News Ireland
A Brazilian man has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to operating a network of brothels across rural Ireland using falsified documents and landlord deception. Ilamar Rodrigues Ribeiro, aged 54, rented ten properties under a false Italian identity, with two...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-02-01
Courts News Ireland
A Brazilian woman has testified at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that she expected merely to survive each day while allegedly trafficked in Ireland for sexual exploitation. Giving evidence via video-link with interpreter support, the woman described arriving in 2018 after being...
Court of Appeal
2022-06-24
Courts News Ireland
Nathan Doherty, aged 24, from Legan in County Longford, has had his prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal following a conviction for a serious assault. The attack occurred in June 2018 at a property in Colehill, County Longford, when Doherty assaulted Derek Murphy...
Court of Appeal
2022-06-23
Courts News Ireland
Nathan Doherty, aged 24, from Legan in County Longford, appeared before the Court of Appeal on a sentence appeal brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Doherty had pleaded guilty to intentionally causing serious harm following an assault on 3 June 2018 at a property in...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2022-03-15
Courts News Ireland
A man from Ballymahon in County Longford has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing stolen power tools at a market in Dublin. Brian Nevin, aged 30, admitted to 13 counts of possession of stolen goods found at Balbriggan Sunday market on 21 January...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2018-10-22
Courts News Ireland
A man from Edgeworthstown in Longford has received a partially suspended sentence after pleading guilty to trespassing with intent to commit an offence at a Dublin residence. James Smith (35) of Mostrim Oaks, Ballymahon Road, entered a house on Bloomfield Avenue on October 4,...
Court of Appeal
2018-01-30
Courts News Ireland
The Court of Appeal in Dublin has upheld murder convictions against two men in connection with the death of a 23-year-old in County Roscommon in June 2014. Leszek Sychulec, aged 35 and resident at Drinan, Ballymahon, County Longford, and Andrzej Gruchacz, aged 36, had been...
Court of Appeal
2017-10-27
Courts News Ireland
Two men convicted of murdering a young Polish national in County Roscommon have launched an appeal against their murder convictions at the Court of Appeal. Leszek Sychulec, aged 35 and resident at Drinan in Ballymahon, County Longford, and Andrzej Gruchacz, aged 36, were found...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2017-01-27
Courts News Ireland
A man with 116 previous convictions, including 17 for burglary, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to trespass with intent to commit an offence at a dwelling in Dublin 8 on 4 October 2015. James Smith, aged 33, of Mostrim Oaks, Ballymahon Road, Edgeworthstown,...
Court of Appeal
2016-10-13
Courts News Ireland
A man convicted of aggravated burglary at Ballymahon, County Longford, has failed to overturn his conviction at the Court of Appeal, despite judges acknowledging that his DNA sample was unlawfully retained beyond the statutory 12-month deadline. Eamon Murphy (48) of Attracta...
Special Criminal Court
2016-07-13
Courts News Ireland
A 29-year-old man from Ballymahon, County Longford, has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court, with one year suspended, following his guilty plea to possession of component parts of an improvised explosive device at his home in June...
Central Criminal Court
2016-06-27
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, Symon Tarkowski, a Polish national aged 28 from Tullamore, County Offaly, received a suspended sentence of five years for his role in the false imprisonment of Patryk Krupa at Bogganall, County Rosemmon, on June 20th and 21st, 2014. Mr Krupa, aged...
Central Criminal Court
2016-06-13
Courts News Ireland
A 28-year-old Polish national has been remanded on bail pending sentence after pleading guilty to false imprisonment and withholding information in connection with a fatal assault in County Roscommon in June 2014. Szymon Tarkowski of Tullamore admitted to the charges relating...
Central Criminal Court
2016-06-13
Courts News Ireland
A cage fighter and another man have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in the River Shannon near Athlone in June 2014. Leszek Sychulec, aged 34, with an address at Drinan, Ballymahon, County...
Special Criminal Court
2016-05-11
Courts News Ireland
A Westmeath man has received a three-year prison sentence at the Special Criminal Court for possession of an improvised explosive device. Brendan Hope, aged 49, of Springfield Cottages, Mullingar, pleaded guilty to the charge relating to an IED discovered at St Matthews Park,...
Court of Appeal
2016-05-09
Courts News Ireland
A man convicted of aggravated burglary at Ballymahon, County Longford has appealed his conviction in the Court of Appeal, arguing that gardaí unlawfully retained his DNA sample beyond a statutory 12-month period before he was charged. Eamon Murphy, aged 48, had pleaded not...
