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  1. courtsDrugs defendant won't spend any more time in jail, despite undue leniency finding
  2. courtsSerial burglar who broke into sleeping student's bedroom is sent back to jail
  3. courtsWoman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase
  4. courtsDPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death

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Drugs defendant won't spend any more time in jail, despite undue leniency finding

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a Riverstown man's drugs sentence was unduly lenient, yet he will serve no additional time in custody. James Murphy, aged 66, was convicted in 2021 of participating in a joint enterprise to supply cocaine valued at €281,148, which was seized by gardaí at a McDonald's car park in Drogheda in November 2015. He was originally sentenced to seven years with the final year suspended. The…

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15 Dec 2025 · Courts News Ireland
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Serial burglar who broke into sleeping student's bedroom is sent back to jail

The Court of Appeal has resentenced a serial burglar to five years imprisonment after finding his original sentence inadequate. Wayne O'Callaghan, aged 35, of Brooklodge Grove, Glanmire, Cork, had pleaded guilty to burglary and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle. Justice Tara Burns determined that the original headline sentence of three years for burglary was "simply too low" and represented an error in…

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31 May 2024 · Courts News Ireland
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Woman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase

A woman from Riverstown in County Sligo has had her custodial term increased following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against a sentence deemed unduly lenient. The 23-year-old was convicted of dangerous driving causing the death of a pedestrian in Dundalk during October 2017. The collision occurred after the defendant threw a sauce carton into another vehicle, triggering a high-speed…

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26 Jun 2020 · Courts News Ireland
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DPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death

The Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing a sentence imposed on a Louth woman convicted of dangerous driving causing death. Eimear White pleaded guilty at Dundalk Circuit Court to causing the death of a pedestrian on the Old Newry Road in October 2017. Judge James McCourt sentenced White to three years imprisonment with the final two years suspended. The DPP has challenged the sentence as unduly lenient. The…

Courts News Ireland report
15 Jun 2020 · Courts News Ireland

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