Cases and rulings mentioning Boyle from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Leitrim District Court
2026-04-13
Leitrim Observer
Shane McDonnell — Tullyroghanagh, The Plains, Boyle, Co Roscommon
Criminal damage to property (glass panel on front door)
Convicted and conditional discharge under Probation Act section 1(2); compensation of €500 paid into court; good behaviour bond for 12 months
Shane McDonnell damaged a glass panel on a front door belonging to John Kearns at a christening party on October 17, 2021, when he had consumed too much alcohol. The defendant paid compensation of €500 into court for the €200 damage, with total payments reaching €750. Judge...
Court of Appeal
2025-04-10
Courts News Ireland
PJ Sweeney of Ramelton, County Donegal has lost an appeal against his 15-year prison sentence imposed for his role in a vigilante attack on security workers at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon in December 2018. The Court of Appeal found no error in...
Court of Appeal
2025-02-04
Courts News Ireland
Three men who were convicted of a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon appeared before the Court of Appeal on 4 February to challenge the severity of their sentences. Martin O'Toole, aged 60, from Claremorris, County Mayo, discharged...
Supreme Court
2025-01-14
Courts News Ireland
Gerard Harrington of Marian Road, Boyle, Co Roscommon, has been unsuccessful in his application to the Supreme Court seeking to appeal his conviction for making a false report to gardaí. Harrington was convicted in July 2021 at Tullamore Circuit Criminal Court of making a false...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2024-11-14
Courts News Ireland
A 43-year-old cabinet maker from Boyle, Co Roscommon, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to drug offences. Justin McCormack pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis worth €3.9 million for sale or supply at a...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2024-10-31
Courts News Ireland
A 43-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty to possessing approximately €3.9 million worth of cannabis for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Justin McCormack, originally from Boyle, Co Roscommon, was arrested on October 11th last year after gardaí stopped a white...
Court of Appeal
2024-07-31
Courts News Ireland
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...
Court of Appeal
2024-07-18
Courts News Ireland
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...
Court of Appeal
2024-05-16
Courts News Ireland
A Roscommon farmer's appeal against his conviction for making a false statement to gardaí has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Gerard Harrington, of Marian Road, Boyle, was convicted in July 2021 at Tullamore Circuit Criminal Court of reporting ten cattle missing when...
Court of Appeal
2024-02-15
Courts News Ireland
A Roscommon man convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl employed as a babysitter has had his sentence reduced on appeal. Michael King, aged 53 and resident of Warren View, Boyle, was originally sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment by Roscommon...
Court of Appeal
2024-01-29
Courts News Ireland
A man from Boyle, County Roscommon, has appealed his five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage babysitter over a nine-month period in 2005. Michael King was convicted by jury in May 2023 at Roscommon Circuit Court on twelve counts of sexual assault...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-07-28
Courts News Ireland
Three men have been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment following their conviction on fifteen charges relating to an armed attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon on 16 December 2018. Martin O'Toole, PJ Sweeney and Paul...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-06-30
Courts News Ireland
Three men have been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of offences arising from an armed attack on a repossessed farmhouse at Falsk, Strokestown, County Roscommon on 16 December 2018. Martin O'Toole, a 58-year-old farmer of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, County Mayo;...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-06-02
Courts News Ireland
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
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
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
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...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-05-22
Courts News Ireland
A man accused of participating in a violent attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, has had his defence outlined at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Lawlor, aged 43 of Bailis Downs, County Meath, is one of four men facing...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-05-18
Courts News Ireland
A Donegal builder accused of participating in an armed attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse in County Roscommon has had his prosecution described as fundamentally flawed and contaminated by fair-procedure breaches. Patrick J Sweeney, 44, is one of four men on...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-05-17
Courts News Ireland
Four men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an incident at a repossessed farm property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. The prosecution alleges that Patrick J Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and David...
