Ireland Crime

Parents' reaction to the seven-year sentence, calling for a murder charge and hoping the DPP re-examines the case.

Full sentencing hearing details including judge's reasoning, victim impact statements from both families, the 15-year driving disqualification, and the families' reactions outside court.

Reports the sentence of seven years imposed on Anthony McGinn, with a headline sentence of nine years, a 15-year driving ban, and the reaction of Kiea McCann's mother.

Sentencing hearing details including forensic speed findings (151km/h before crash, 121km/h at impact, 80km/h limit), dashcam footage, victim impact statements from families of Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed, and adjournment of sentencing to 14 May 2025.

Details of the sentencing hearing including dashcam footage, the driver's interview statements, victim impact statements from both families, and the adjournment of sentencing to 14 May 2025.

Reports the hearing at which the case was outlined and sentencing was adjourned to 14 May. Adds the estimated speeds, road and weather conditions, the passenger's request to slow down, the dash-cam footage, the mitigation submitted, and the McGinn family's account of the debs trip.

Pre-sentencing preview confirming McGinn's guilty pleas to dangerous driving causing the deaths of both teenagers and dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to Avin Mohammed, with Judge John Aylmer set to sentence him.

Reports that the sentencing hearing on 29 April 2025 was adjourned to 7 May 2025 by agreement between McGinn's solicitor and the DPP. Adds McGinn's age (61), the girls' destination (a debs ball), McGinn's address, and the maximum penalty for the offence.

McGinn pleaded guilty to both charges at Monaghan Circuit Court; remanded on continuing bail by Judge John Aylmer; probation report ordered; sentencing at a later date.

Reports McGinn's guilty plea to both charges at Monaghan Circuit Court in January 2025, a probation report ordered, and remand on continuing bail pending sentence in the next court term.

Adds that a book of evidence has been served on McGinn, that he appeared before Monaghan District Court, that he is also charged with dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm, and that the case goes to Monaghan Circuit Court with his next appearance on 29 May.

Reports that a man in his 60s has been charged in relation to the crash and is due before Monaghan District Court. The man is not named.

First report on this case. Adds the charges, the names and ages of the two students who died and the injured passenger, the arrest and charge times, bail, the DPP direction for trial on indictment, and the remand date.

Only the headline gives facts. The body is website template code with no details of the crash, the charge, the date or the people involved.

Charges against Anthony McGinn (60) for the crash. No existing case in the list matches this incident.

First sit-down interview with Kiea McCann's parents, who say they want answers and justice. Adds that the two men arrested were in their 40s and 60s and have been released, with a file going to the DPP.

Reports that the two men arrested over the crash, aged in their 60s and 40s, have been released and that files are being prepared for the DPP. Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.

Reports two arrests in connection with the fatal collision, names the two teenage victims, and gives the collision location and time. Also states that the girls were on their way to their debs.

Reports that two men, aged in their 60s and 40s, were arrested on Friday 15 December 2023 and released that evening, with a file to be prepared for the DPP. It also names the teenagers killed and the three people injured.

The article body is empty; only the headline gives details. No existing case matches this Monaghan incident.