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  1. planningPlanning application received: conversion of existing garage into habitable space, construction of new...
  2. planningPlanning application received: Dwelling House, domestic shed, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary...
  3. planningPlanning conditional: The development will consist of 1.) the retention of minor alterations to existing...
  4. planningPlanning application received: The construction of a proposed dry storage shed (to be also used as a...
  5. planningCottage renovation and extension with improved access and sewer connection
  6. planningRetention of house extension and upgrade to septic tank system
  7. courtsMurderer who claimed gardai had confession "agenda" fails in appeal
  8. courtsGardaí had “agenda” to obtain confession from murder convict “no matter what”, appeal court told

Crime & Courts

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Murderer who claimed gardai had confession "agenda" fails in appeal

Bryan Ryan, aged 31 and from Louisburgh in County Mayo, has failed in his appeal against a murder conviction at the Court of Appeal. Ryan was convicted in 2013 of murdering Ian Tobin at Fortlawn Park in Blanchardstown on May 27, 2007. A Central Criminal Court jury returned a majority guilty verdict, and he was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment in March 2013. The appeal, heard in December 2015, centred on…

Courts News Ireland report
12 May 2016 · Courts News Ireland

Gardaí had “agenda” to obtain confession from murder convict “no matter what”, appeal court told

Bryan Ryan, aged 31 and originally from Blanchardstown with a connection to Louisburgh, County Mayo, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ian Tobin in May 2007. Following an initial conviction in 2008 that was later quashed, Ryan was reconvicted by majority verdict at the Central Criminal Court in 2013 after pleading not guilty to the charge. At a hearing before the Court of Appeal in December 2015, Ryan's…

Courts News Ireland report
10 Dec 2015 · Courts News Ireland

Planning

6 stories

Retention of house extension and upgrade to septic tank system

Dom Camilla Matterson is seeking permission to keep an extension to their house at Dadreen, Thallabaun that's already been built, and to finish it off. They're also upgrading the septic tank to a modern treatment system with a new percolation bed to handle wastewater properly.

Dom & Camilla Matterson
File ref: 2660338 · Mayo County Council
29 Apr 2026 · Mayo County Council (Planning)

Court Reports

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