Ireland Crime

Sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court before Judge Paul McDermott; headline sentences of 16, 10, 8 and 4 years reduced to 12, 7, 6 and 3 years after mitigation, all concurrent. Article also notes Kelly's father Eamon Kelly was shot dead in Killester in 2012.

Sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court; Kelly is already an enhanced prisoner in Cloverhill Prison. The judge adjourned finalisation of the sentence to 16 February 2026 pending a neuropsychologist's report on his 2016 brain injury and a further head injury sustained two days before the assault.

Reports the guilty pleas and the court hearing on 19 January 2026, the defence's account of Kelly's brain injuries, and the adjournment of sentencing to 16 February. The victim's statement describes lasting effects.

Reports the DPP's upgrade of the charge from assault causing harm to attempted murder, the direction for trial on indictment in the Central Criminal Court, and details of the alleged stabbing and prior window-smashing incident.

First report on this case. It gives the charges, the alleged knife attack and criminal damage, the arrest, and the bail refusal at Dublin District Court on Monday 9 September 2024.

Reports the charges Matthias Kelly, 41, faces, including an additional criminal damage charge for a Coolock property, that he was denied bail and remanded in custody to Cloverhill District Court, and that legal aid was granted.

Adds that the man in his 40s was arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at a Garda station in North Dublin, that he can be questioned for up to 24 hours, and that the woman was taken to Beaumont Hospital. The article does not name either person.

Reports that the man was charged on the evening of 8 September and is due before the Criminal Courts of Justice (Court no.4) on 9 September 2024 at 10:30am. Confirms the victim was stabbed in the neck and remains in serious condition at Beaumont Hospital.

Reports that a man has been charged over the attack, that the suspect was arrested during a follow-up search, and that the woman was stabbed in the neck and remains in hospital. The article does not name the suspect.

Reports the initial arrest of a man in his 40s following the stabbing; the woman was in serious condition at Beaumont Hospital and the suspect was detained under Section 4 pending charge or release.

Reports that a man in his 40s has been charged over the assault, and that he is due to appear in court the following morning.

Reports the arrest of a man in his 40s in a follow-up search, detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a north Dublin Garda station, and the woman's serious condition in hospital. Does not name the suspect.

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Garda press release on the arrest of a man in his 40s. It does not name him, but the details match case 5128. It adds that the woman was taken to Beaumont Hospital, where she remains in a serious condition, and that the man is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

Garda press release confirming the man arrested over the Clonshaugh assault has been charged and gives his court appearance date. It does not name the man or the victim and does not mention the knife or the ex-partner's home.