Member of notorious cross-border ATM theft gang fails in appeal

Gerard Duffy, 32, of County Monaghan, has failed in his appeal against an eight-year and nine-month custodial sentence imposed for his role in a cross-border organised crime gang that systematically targeted automated teller machines across the border region. The Court of Appeal dismissed his challenge in November 2022, with Mr Justice George Birmingham finding the original sentence imposed at the Special Criminal…