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Breda Clancy — Main Street Lanesborough Co. Longford. 1. The refurbishment and extension of the existing dwelling house, including a rear extension and a ...
Breda Clancy — Main Street Lanesborough Co. Longford. 1. The refurbishment and extension of the existing dwelling house, including a rear extension and a ...
The shooter in a "meticulously planned" murder of a much-loved and vulnerable victim has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge. Mr Justice Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court today said it is accepted that Joseph Richards (35) was the man who s
A 35-year-old criminal was “crack crazy” when he shot a father-of-two twice in the face at the door of his own home in Dublin, a court has heard. Robert Sheridan (45) was fatally wounded when he answered the door of his house at Poppintree Crescent, Ballymun, on the morning of October 5, 2018. The C
A man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder a father-of-two who was shot in the head and body at the front door of his home in Dublin eight years ago. Joseph Richards (34) was charged in 2024 with the murder of 45-year-old Robert Sheridan at the deceased's home in Poppintree Crescent, Ballymun,
A graveyard flower seller has been jailed for his role in supplying shops and private homes with untaxed tobacco products. When Revenue officials moved in on Eamonn Lynch (44) at a container storage yard in north Dublin, they found cigarettes and loose tobacco with an estimated retail value of just
A postal worker who was caught in possession of nearly €80,000 of cannabis herb has been jailed for two and a half years. Darren Cumberton (26) was arrested after gardaí caught him moving some of the drugs from a van to a car in Dublin in April 2021. The total value of the cannabis herb was €79,000,
A man has been jailed for purchasing two vehicles that were used in an arson attack on a house that was seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau prior to belonging to “a person of some notoriety”. Joseph Richards (30) later told gardaí he had not been aware the cars would be used for arson, saying he ha
A High Court judge has allowed An Bord Pleanala to appeal his decision to quash planning permission for a wind farm which would include one of the tallest structures in Ireland. In his ruling, the judge also said however that the board's submission that his judgement had "extremely wide-ranging impl
(Pictured: Mr Peter Sweetman. Credit: Collins) The High Court has quashed An Bord Pleanala's decision to grant planning permission to a subsidiary of Bord Na Mona to build a wind farm in the Midlands. The proposed wind farm was located in bogland known as Mountdillon Peat Production Bog near Lanesbo
By Declan Brennan and Isabel Hayes A former Ireland ice hockey player has been jailed for two years for assaulting two cousins in a nightclub, leaving them with a broken knee cap and a broken jaw. Dubliner Patrick Anderson (22) punched the two men in the face and head and continued to assault them a
A man with no previous convictions has pleaded guilty to carrying out two nightclub assaults which left one victim with a broken jaw. Dubliner Patrick Anderson (22) punched the two men in the face and head and continued to assault them after they left the Wright venue nightclub in Swords, Co Dublin.
It took three and a half years to arrest and charge a man caught with child abuse imagery because of the backlog in the garda computer crimes unit, a court has heard. Paul Devine (45) was caught with 25 videos and 80 photographs of child sex abuse after an investigation by the Garda Computer Crime I
Rachel O'Farrell — Fermoyle Lanesborough Co. Longford. the proposed construction of a detached residential garage to accommodate general storage and solid ...
Niall Nolan — Formoyle Lanesboro Co. Longford. proposed new slatted with creep area, catting handling facilities, concrete yard, access and all anc...
James Martin is planning to knock down a storage shed at the back of his house in Cloontaghmore, Lanesborough, and build a single storey extension in its place. The application includes all the necessary site works to make the changes.
Sharon Grelly — Newpark Lanesboro Co. Longford. to re-construct and extend existing house, and to upgrade existing septic tank with a new treatment ...
Anne O'Reilly, Padraig O'Reilly and Áine Stoneham want to build a new single-storey house at Rathcline, Lanesborough, with a detached garage and treatment system. The application also covers boundary walls, entrance works and site preparation.
Cases and rulings mentioning Lanesborough from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to murder. Joseph Richards, aged 35 and from Lanesborough Square in Finglas, was convicted in connection with the death of Robert Sheridan, 45, who was shot at...
A 45-year-old man was fatally shot at his home in Ballymun, Dublin, on 5 October 2018 after answering his patio door. Joseph Richards, with an address at Lanesborough Square in Finglas, Dublin, was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court...
A 34-year-old man from Finglas has admitted to conspiring to murder a Dublin father-of-two who was fatally shot at his home in 2018. Joseph Richards, with an address at Lanesborough Square, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to conspiracy to murder Robert Sheridan,...
A Dublin man has been jailed for two and a half years following his conviction for supplying untaxed tobacco products. Eamonn Lynch, 44, of Lanesborough Avenue, St Margarets, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to delivering unstamped tobacco and evading excise duty...
A 26-year-old postal worker from Dublin has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following his conviction on drug trafficking charges. Darren Cumberton was arrested in April 2021 after gardaí observed him transferring cannabis from a van to a car at a Dublin...
A man from Finglas has been jailed for purchasing two vehicles that were used in an arson attack on a property seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau. Joseph Richards, aged 30, of Lanesborough Square, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of money...
A High Court judge has granted An Bord Pleanála permission to appeal a decision quashing planning permission for a 24-turbine wind farm near Lanesborough, County Longford. Mr Justice Richard Humphreys had upheld a challenge by environmentalist Peter Sweetman against the...
The High Court has quashed An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for a large-scale wind farm proposed near Lanesborough, County Longford. The development, which was to be built on bogland at Mountdillion Peat Production Bog by a Bord na Móna subsidiary,...
A former Ireland ice hockey player has been sentenced to two years imprisonment following his conviction for assaulting two cousins at a nightclub in Swords, County Dublin. Patrick Anderson, aged 22 and resident of Lanesborough Gardens, Finglas, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit...
A 22-year-old Dublin man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting two cousins at the Wright nightclub in Swords in February 2015. Patrick Anderson, of Lanesborough Gardens, Finglas, punched both men in the face and head inside the venue before pursuing them...
A man from Lanesborough has been convicted of possession of child sexual abuse material at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Paul Devine, aged 45, pleaded guilty to the offence relating to material found at his home in April 2011. An investigation by the Garda Computer Crime...