Four women charged over organised criminal activity in Drogheda, Louth
Four women were arrested and charged by Gardaí in Drogheda as part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in County Louth, and are scheduled to appear before Drogheda District Court on 17 December 2024. Gardaí previously charged one man in November 2024 and eight individuals in October 2024 as part of the same operation.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrestednot reported
- Charged17 Dec
- In court17 Dec
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- Sentenced
Key facts
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- whatFour women were arrested and charged by Gardaí in Drogheda (garda.ie)
- whatThe arrests were part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in County Louth (garda.ie)
- whereThe four women are from Drogheda and Balbriggan in Co Dublin. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe four women have been targeted as part of Operation Stratus. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationInvestigations into the organised criminal activity are ongoing (garda.ie)
- chargeAll four women are charged with money laundering offences. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeTwo of the four women are also charged with theft of social welfare. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeOne of the four women is also charged with Section 3 possession of drugs and Section 15 Sale and Supply of drugs. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtFour women are due before Drogheda District Court charged with money laundering, theft of social welfare and possession and sale of drugs offences. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThe four women are scheduled to appear before Drogheda District Court on 17 December 2024 at 10:30am (garda.ie)
- sentencePaul Crosby was jailed for ten years for facilitating Keane Mulready-Woods' murder. (irishmirror.ie)
- sentenceGerard 'Ged' McKenna was jailed for cleaning up the house in Rathmullan Park where Keane Mulready-Woods was murdered. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe four women are suspected close associates of one side of the feuding gangs in Drogheda. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe four women range in age from 21 to 44. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe feud between two criminal gangs in Drogheda escalated in July 2018 after Owen Maguire was shot several times and left paralysed. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherDuring the height of the feud there have been four murders and over 100 serious criminal incidents including petrol bombs, serious assaults and a kidnapping. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherOver 200 people were involved in the feud at one stage. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherKeane Mulready-Woods was murdered and dismembered in a house in Rathmullen Park in Drogheda in January 2020. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherGerard 'Ged' McKenna was released from prison earlier in 2024. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherRobbie Lawlor, suspected of the murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods, was shot dead in Belfast in April 2020. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherGardaí previously charged one man in November 2024 as part of the same operation (garda.ie)
- otherEight individuals were charged in October 2024 as part of the same operation (garda.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 17 Dec2024Court Appearance - Organised Criminal Activity, Drogheda, Co. Louth - 17th December 2024
Reports the charging of four women in a Louth organised crime operation, noting that one man was previously charged in November 2024 and eight individuals in October 2024 as part of the same operation.
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Provides specific charges (money laundering, theft of social welfare, Section 3 possession and Section 15 sale and supply of drugs), ages (21 to 44), origins (Drogheda and Balbriggan), and detailed background on the Drogheda feud including Operation Stratus, the July 2018 shooting of Owen Maguire, four murders, over 100 serious incidents, and the January 2020 murder of Keane Mulready-Woods.
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