Ireland Crime

Reports the sentencing of Brian Ibe to life for the murder of Peter Kennedy, including details of the insanity defence, the trial evidence, the pathologist's findings, and the victim impact statement from Kennedy's sister.

Reports the sentencing of Brian Ibe to life in prison (backdated to 29 April 2020) and 12 months for the assault on Garda O'Donnell, including details of the rejected insanity defence, the victim impact statement, and the background of Ibe and his mother living with the victim.

Reports the sentencing at the Central Criminal Court: life imprisonment for murder backdated to April 29, 2020, and 12 months for assault on Garda Brendan O'Donnell. It also gives the jury verdict, the victim impact statement and details of the trial evidence.

Provides detailed sentencing information including the victim-impact statement from Anne-Marie Kennedy, psychiatric evidence on both sides, the jury's seven-hour deliberation, the 12-month sentence for the assault on Garda O'Donnell, and the backdating of the life sentence to April 29, 2020.

Reports the sentencing: life imprisonment for murder and 12 months for assault on a garda, with the judge's remarks on remorse and the psychiatric evidence on the special verdict.

Reports the second day of evidence in the ongoing trial. Ibe has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity and also to assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O'Donnell. Prosecution psychiatrist Dr Mary Davoren disputes the schizophrenia diagnosis, and the defence cites Olanzapine. Closing speeches were expected the same day.

Reports on prosecution psychiatric testimony at the ongoing murder trial, in which Dr Davoren disputes the defence schizophrenia diagnosis and argues anger and resentment explain the assault.

Reports on psychiatric evidence given at the trial, including the defence's insanity case and the prosecution's opposing view. It also reports a separate charge of assault causing harm on Garda Brendan O'Donnell, to which Mr Ibe has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Reports on the ongoing trial on 1 April 2025: a psychologist called by the defence found no evidence of feigning, and the prosecution contends Ibe does not meet the insanity verdict criteria. Adds that Ibe also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O’Donnell.

Reports the defence's psychological assessment evidence in which Dr Marie English of the Central Mental Hospital found no evidence of feigning, and details the additional charge of assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O'Donnell at Newbridge Garda Station.

Garda O'Donnell's evidence about the assault during fingerprint/DNA sampling, details of Ibe's background and relationship with the victim, his mother's account of witnessing the attack, his responses during interviews, and the prosecution's position on the insanity defence.

Witness testimony from Rita Swords, Linda Mannion, Damian Molyneaux and Chris Pender describing Kennedy's fear of Ibe, who demanded money, threatened to kill him twice, and once stood over him threatening to stab him. Also mentions Ibe's separate charge of assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O'Donnell at Newbridge Garda station.

Covers the commencement of the trial with the DPP's opening speech, providing background on the relationship between Ibe and Kennedy, the sequence of events on 28 April 2020, the pathologist's findings, and the legal framework for the insanity and diminished responsibility defences.

Jury sworn in and trial commenced; accused pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to both murder and assault causing harm charges; prosecution and defence expert witnesses identified; trial expected to last two weeks.

Trial collapsed at the Central Criminal Court over the type of evidence to be given by witnesses; jury discharged and case relisted for Wednesday of next week.

Reports that the trial collapsed on 26 July 2024 after the judge excused the jury, and that the case is listed again before the Central Criminal Court the following Wednesday. It also adds that Ibe admitted causing Kennedy's death, and details of the alleged stabbing as described by Ibe's mother.

Reports the Central Criminal Court trial of Brian Ibe. Ibe pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and to assault causing harm to a garda. Witnesses describe Mr Kennedy as starving and frightened before his death, and his mother describes the stabbing. The pathology report gives the cause of death.

Report on the ongoing Central Criminal Court trial, with witness evidence from friends and the accused's mother, a garda account of the scene, and a pathology report. It adds the accused's insanity plea and the expected trial length.

Reports witness evidence and the opening of the trial at the Central Criminal Court in July 2024, including the accused's plea of not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and to assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O'Donnell, and the pathology findings.

Reports the opening of the Central Criminal Court trial, including the State's case, the accused's not guilty by reason of insanity pleas, and the expected length of the trial.

Reports the opening of the murder trial at the Central Criminal Court on 23 July 2024, including Ibe's not guilty by reason of insanity pleas to murder and to assault causing harm to a garda, the prosecution's account of the attack, and the DNA and cause-of-death evidence to be heard.

Reports that a jury was sworn in and the trial was to begin before Mr Justice Paul Burns. Also reports that Ibe pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a charge of assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O’Donnell at Newbridge Garda Station on April 29, 2020.