Cases and rulings mentioning Bailieborough from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
The Dock
2025-11-12
Courts News Ireland
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Ruth Lawrence of the murders of Anthony Keegan and Eoin O'Connor, two men who disappeared from the Ballyjamesduff area of County Cavan on 22 April 2014. Justice Tony Hunt imposed two concurrent life sentences in December 2025,...
Central Criminal Court
2025-10-10
Courts News Ireland
A woman accused of murdering two men inquired about borrowing a boat on Lough Sheelin the day before the deceased were last seen alive, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Ruth Lawrence, 45, of Patricks Cottage, Ross, Mountnugent, Co Meath, has pleaded not guilty to murdering...
Special Criminal Court
2021-11-29
Courts News Ireland
A 39-year-old resident of County Armagh has been imprisoned for four-and-a-half years at the Special Criminal Court after admitting to handling proceeds generated through a coordinated series of ATM thefts across the border region. Following his guilty plea in July, Niall...
Special Criminal Court
2020-09-07
Courts News Ireland
A man with three All Ireland Club Championship medals with Crossmaglen Rangers has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court on charges relating to ATM thefts in the border region. Daniel O'Callaghan, aged 30, faces five offences including the theft of an ATM in...
Special Criminal Court
2020-09-01
Courts News Ireland
A 30-year-old man with three All-Ireland club championship medals has been charged with offences relating to ATM thefts across Cavan and Monaghan. Daniel O'Callaghan appeared before the Special Criminal Court on charges including the theft of an ATM in Castleblayney on April...
Court of Appeal
2019-04-12
Courts News Ireland
The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and sentence of Oliver Kierans, a man from Bailieborough, County Cavan, for the manslaughter of his wife Patricia in September 2013. Kierans had appealed against both his conviction and the nine-year custodial sentence imposed at...
Court of Appeal
2019-04-04
Courts News Ireland
Oliver Kierans, aged 60, of Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, has appealed his conviction and sentence following the death of his wife at their home on 5 September 2013. A jury found him guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence in relation to Patricia Kierans's...
Court of Appeal
2018-06-25
Courts News Ireland
At the Court of Appeal on 25 June 2018, two appellants withdrew challenges to their prison sentences after being informed by President Mr Justice George Birmingham of the court's power to both increase and reduce sentences under review. Philip McKevitt, aged 62, of Aghaboys,...
Tribunal
2017-07-04
Courts News Ireland
A clinical psychologist testified at the Disclosures Tribunal on Tuesday that she experienced considerable distress upon discovering she had inadvertently included more serious sexual abuse allegations in a 2013 counselling report concerning Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Laura...
Central Criminal Court
2015-04-20
Courts News Ireland
Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for the killing of his wife Patricia at their family home on 5 September 2013. The Central Criminal Court imposed concurrent sentences of nine years for...
Central Criminal Court
2015-03-26
Courts News Ireland
Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, has been convicted of manslaughter following the death of his wife Patricia on 5 September 2013. He was found not guilty of murder by jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court after more than fifteen...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-27
Courts News Ireland
A 57-year-old man from Bailieborough in Cavan has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter following a trial at the Central Criminal Court. Oliver Kierans was charged with the death of his wife, Patricia Kierans, at their family home on September 5th, 2013....
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-26
Courts News Ireland
Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, stands trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering his wife Patricia Kierans on 5 September 2013 at their home address. He has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge and to possession of...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-25
Courts News Ireland
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has found a 57-year-old man from Bailieborough, County Cavan, guilty of unlawful possession of a 12-gauge double-barrel shotgun. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, as well as to a separate allegation of possessing the same...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-24
Courts News Ireland
A jury has begun deliberations in the Central Criminal Court in the trial of Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon, Bailieborough, County Cavan. He has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Patricia Kierans, aged 54, at their home address on 5 September 2013. He also denies...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-20
Courts News Ireland
A man from Bailieborough in Cavan has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife at their home in September 2013. Oliver Kierans, aged 57, faces charges of unlawful possession of a shotgun and possession of the same weapon with intent to endanger life. During the Central Criminal...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-18
Courts News Ireland
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard on Wednesday that a Cavan mother of four died from a shotgun injury to the chest. Patricia Kierans, aged fifty-four, was found dead at her home in Bailieborough on September 6th, 2013. Oliver Kierans, fifty-seven, of Drumbannon...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-17
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury has been presented with CCTV footage in the trial of Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon, Bailieborough, County Cavan. Mr Kierans has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Patricia Kierans on 5 September 2013 at their home address, and...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-17
Courts News Ireland
The Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard evidence in the trial of Oliver Kierans, aged 57, of Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Patricia Kierans on 5 September 2013 at their family home. He also denies unlawful...
Central Criminal Court
2015-02-16
Courts News Ireland
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence in the trial of a fifty-seven-year-old man from Bailieborough, County Cavan, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife. The accused is charged with the death of a fifty-four-year-old woman at their family home on 5...
