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  2. planningPlanning conditional: Rebuilding of and extension to an existing shed into a single storey garage with...
  3. planningPlanning application received: The development will consist of the construction of a new porch/sunroom...
  4. planningPlanning application received: THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF (1) THE RETENTION OF THE GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED...
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  6. planningPlanning conditional: The development will consist of the renovation and extension of an existing dwelling...
  7. planningPlanning application received: Demolition of rear extension to dwelling house. Construction of extension and...
  8. planningPlanning application received: revision of original site boundaries approved by P25/514
  9. planningThe development will consist of the construction of a dwelling house
  10. planningNew slatted shed construction at Kilvine, Irishtown
  11. planningPlanning application received: Construction of extension to dwelling house as shown on plans and all...
  12. planningKeep 3 first-floor studio apartments at 16 Mount Street, Claremorris

Crime & Courts

24 stories

Farmer spared jail over crash that killed woman

A 70-year-old farmer from County Mayo has received a suspended sentence of seven months following his guilty plea to careless driving causing death. Martin Cullina was sentenced at Castlebar Circuit Court on Thursday after the three-car collision on the N17 near Claremorris on 16 May 2024 resulted in the death of a 58-year-old woman. Judge Eoin Garavan described the incident as a serious misjudgement on a dangerous…

Courts News Ireland report
24 Oct 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Castlebar

Hungover man who realised cousin was using car to move drugs is spared jail

A hospital worker from Tallaght has received a fully suspended three-and-a-half-year sentence after pleading guilty to possession of drugs for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Daniel O'Neill, aged 40, admitted the offence relating to an incident on 12 November 2023 at Pinewood Park, Tallaght. The court heard that while hungover, O'Neill had given his cousin a lift to Cabra, where four suitcases…

Courts News Ireland report
07 Feb 2025 · Courts News Ireland

Man agreed to move €215k in cannabis after drug debt of €1k ballooned to €26k

A 33-year-old man from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment, suspended in full, after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. James Glynn was apprehended in November 2023 following a garda surveillance operation in Tallaght, Dublin, during which officers observed him receiving a suitcase containing 10.7 kilograms of…

Courts News Ireland report
28 Nov 2024 · Courts News Ireland

Solicitor jailed for stealing over €200k from clients

A former solicitor from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing over €200,000 from four client families. David Doyle, aged 68, pleaded guilty to nine charges of theft totalling €218,579 committed between December 2008 and November 2016. Judge Martin Nolan heard that Doyle had misappropriated funds through a method known as "teeming and…

Courts News Ireland report
11 Nov 2022 · Courts News Ireland

Mayo solicitor admits stealing cash

A 68-year-old former solicitor from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been remanded on bail pending sentencing in November following his admission to four counts of theft. David Doyle pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing cash totalling over €53,000 from a number of individuals between April 2009 and November 2016. The prosecution indicated that further guilty pleas would be sought. Judge Melanie…

Courts News Ireland report
24 May 2022 · Courts News Ireland

Man sent child abuse imagery to date

A man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material. Brian Payne, aged 39, sent explicit images of minors to a contact in Manchester via messaging application between January 2016 and January 2017. Gardaí discovered five such images following a search of his…

Courts News Ireland report
04 Nov 2021 · Courts News Ireland

Youth to be sentenced for fatal stabbing after judge says grieving family need "finality"

A youth convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of a teenager in Claremorris, County Mayo, will be sentenced on 20 March following a brief hearing at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant was found guilty in July 2017 of the manslaughter of Dovydas Jenkas, aged seventeen, who died from a stab wound in the early hours of 19 December 2015. He had been charged with murder but acquitted of that…

Courts News Ireland report
14 Feb 2020 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Castlebar

Further delay in sentencing for manslaughter of boy (17)

A teenager convicted of the manslaughter of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris, County Mayo in 2015 has had his sentencing further delayed to allow for additional brain surgery. The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of killing Dovydas Jenkas on 19 December 2015 following a jury trial at the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar in 2017. He had previously undergone surgical procedures to…

Courts News Ireland report
21 Oct 2019 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Castlebar

Youth's manslaughter sentencing adjourned after brain surgery

A teenager convicted of manslaughter following the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris in December 2015 has had his sentencing adjourned at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Dovydas Jenkas in 2017 after a jury rejected a murder charge. Justice Eileen Creedon adjourned sentencing until October to allow the teenager…

Courts News Ireland report
21 Jan 2019 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Castlebar

Teen who killed schoolmate needs brain surgery, sentence hearing told

A teenager convicted of manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing in County Mayo has had his sentencing adjourned pending brain surgery. The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard that the defendant, who cannot be identified due to his age, has developed epilepsy causing multiple daily seizures and is currently unfit for custody. The 17-year-old was found guilty of manslaughter, not murder, following a trial…

Courts News Ireland report
12 Feb 2018 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Castlebar

Teen to be sentenced for fatal stabbing of schoolboy

A teenager will be sentenced next month for the manslaughter of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris, County Mayo, in December 2015. The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted of manslaughter by jury at the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar in July following a not guilty verdict on a murder charge. The victim, Dovydas Jenkas, died from a single stab wound in the early hours of 19 December 2015. A…

Courts News Ireland report
16 Jan 2018 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Castlebar

Teenager who killed 17-year-old will be sentenced as adult

A teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old in Claremorris on 19 December 2015 will be sentenced as an adult when he returns to the Central Criminal Court in January 2018. The accused, who turns 18 this month, was convicted of manslaughter by jury at the court sitting in Castlebar in July following a not guilty verdict on murder. The victim, Dovydas Jenkas of Mount Street, Claremorris, died from a single stab…

Courts News Ireland report
21 Nov 2017 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Castlebar

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Planning

25 stories

The development will consist of the construction of a dwelling house

Ann Christin Kopplin & Michael Hurst is seeking permission The development will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services at Summerhill North, Ballyglass, Claremorris. Conditional decision on 15/05/2026.

Ann Christin Kopplin & Michael Hurst
File ref: 2560618 · Mayo County Council
15 May 2026 · Mayo County Council (Planning)

New slatted shed construction at Kilvine, Irishtown

Niall Roche wants to build a slatted shed at Kilvine, near Claremorris. The application includes all the necessary site works and services to support the structure. It's a new application that's just been submitted to Mayo County Council.

Niall Roche
File ref: 2660378 · Mayo County Council
13 May 2026 · Mayo County Council (Planning)

New slatted cattle shed with milking parlour near Claremorris

Pierce Heffernan is proposing to build a slatted shed for cattle on his farm near Claremorris, which will include a milking parlour, cattle crush, and cubicles. The application is still new and hasn't been decided yet.

Pierce Heffernan
File ref: 2660368 · Mayo County Council
11 May 2026 · Mayo County Council (Planning)

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Court Reports

Cases and rulings mentioning Claremorris from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.

Courts Reporting Scheme 2026-02-26 Courts News Ireland

Mayo jury returns insanity verdict in telecoms damage case

A jury at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court has returned a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in respect of an aeronautical engineer charged with damaging telecommunications infrastructure across Mayo and Galway. Adrian Behan, aged 44 of Newport Road, Castlebar, faced 23...

Courts Reporting Scheme 2025-10-24 Courts News Ireland

Farmer spared jail over crash that killed woman

A 70-year-old farmer from County Mayo has received a suspended sentence of seven months following his guilty plea to careless driving causing death. Martin Cullina was sentenced at Castlebar Circuit Court on Thursday after the three-car collision on the N17 near Claremorris on...

Courts Reporting Scheme 2025-10-13 Courts News Ireland

ICU nurse avoids jail for forged painkiller prescriptions

An intensive care nurse at Mayo General Hospital has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Court for forging prescriptions to obtain painkillers. Sinéad Donohoe, aged 42, of Scrigg, Ballyhaunis, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and four counts of...

Courts Reporting Scheme 2025-07-07 Courts News Ireland

Mayo woman admits assaulting two gardai at station

A 42-year-old Ballinrobe woman has admitted assaulting two gardaí at Claremorris Garda Station during an incident in June 2022. Rosemary Sweeney, of Bridge Street, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing harm at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. She is remanded in...

Court of Appeal 2024-07-18 Courts News Ireland

Strokestown eviction vigilantes appeal convictions

Three men have appealed their convictions for involvement in a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Martin O'Toole, PJ Sweeney, and Paul Beirne were convicted in June 2023 of fifteen charges...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2023-06-02 Courts News Ireland

Jury convicts three of carrying out attack on Strokestown farm

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has convicted three men of participating in a violent attack on a farm property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. Following a 50-day trial, PJ Sweeney, aged 44, from Ramelton, County Donegal; Martin O'Toole, aged...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2023-05-26 Courts News Ireland

Jury in Strokestown attack case ask for directions on common design

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has requested exhibits and legal directions on common design as deliberations continue in the trial of four men accused of participating in a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed property near Strokestown, Co Roscommon...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2023-05-25 Courts News Ireland

Jury begins deliberating in Strokestown farm attack case

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of four men accused of participating in a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Patrick J Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul...

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2023-05-23 Courts News Ireland

Jury set to begin deliberations in Stroketown farm attack trial

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court is set to begin deliberations in the trial of four men accused of participating in an armed attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Patrick J Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul...