Cases and rulings mentioning Lanesborough from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Central Criminal Court
2026-02-24
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...
Central Criminal Court
2026-02-16
Courts News Ireland
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...
Central Criminal Court
2026-01-16
Courts News Ireland
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,...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2022-11-22
Courts News Ireland
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...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2022-02-28
Courts News Ireland
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...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2022-02-25
Courts News Ireland
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...
High Court
2021-10-26
Courts News Ireland
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...
High Court
2021-06-16
Courts News Ireland
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,...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2017-03-21
Courts News Ireland
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...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2017-01-24
Courts News Ireland
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...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2016-10-11
Courts News Ireland
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...
