Ireland Crime

Follow-up confirming the investigation is still open after five convictions; details the locations where body parts were found, the sentences handed down, and the gang-feud background linking the murder to the Boylan and Price/Maguire organised crime groups.

Sentencing of Carberry and Bride in the Special Criminal Court for moving and disposing of the remains of Keane Mulready Woods, who was murdered in Drogheda; sets out the sentence reductions, previous convictions, and victim impact statements.

Reports the sentencing of Stephen Carberry and Glen Bride, and the court's comments on their roles and the victim's family's impact statements.

Reports the sentencing hearing at the Special Criminal Court, including Carberry's guilty plea, victim impact statements from Keane's mother and father, DNA evidence and the adjournment to 9 March for sentencing.

Only the headline is available; the article text is template code with no body. The mother's comments are reported in the headline only. Matched to case 4076 on the same publication date (2026-01-20) and the same victim; the match is uncertain.

Sentencing hearing for Carberry; victim impact statements from Keane's parents read to court; details of how body parts were transported and disposed of; confirmation that Robbie Lawlor was the chief murder suspect; case adjourned to 9 March 2026 for sentence.

Adds that Carberry was arraigned on Monday 1 December 2025 and pleaded guilty to count two. The DPP will enter nolle prosequi on his other two counts. A victim impact statement was directed and sentencing was adjourned to 19 January, with Carberry remanded in custody.

First report of Stephen Carberry's guilty plea at the Special Criminal Court; the article also notes Glen Bride's guilty plea the previous week and that the DPP will enter a nolle prosequi on the remaining charges against Carberry.

Carberry pleaded guilty to assisting an offender; the other two counts will be nolle prosequi. Sentencing is adjourned to 19 January. Article notes Glen Bride also pleaded guilty to the same type of charge the previous week, and recaps earlier sentences of Paul Crosby, Gerard Cruise and Gerard McKenna.

Glen Bride, 30, of Kilbarrack, was arrested on Friday 16 August 2024 and charged with three offences, including arson of a car and disposal of body parts. He was remanded in custody, and the DPP directed trial in the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

Adds that Glen Bride was charged with three offences and remanded in custody, and gives the earlier charge against Stephen Carberry and the sentences imposed on Gerard Cruise and Paul Crosby in the same case.

Reports the arrest and charging of a man in his 30s in connection with the 2020 murder; details the locations where the victim's remains were found (Coolock, Trinity Terrace Dublin, and Rathmullan Park Drogheda).

The article gives only the headline: a man in his 30s has been charged in connection with the murder. It adds no name, date or other detail.

Adds that the arrest and charge were for the murder rather than only disposal of the remains, that the man is in his 30s, and that he was due before the Criminal Courts of Justice on 16 August 2024.

Reports that Stephen Carberry and Owen Flood appeared in court on related charges, that further charges are expected and up to 11 people are believed to have been involved, that 13 people have been arrested, and that three people have previously been jailed in connection with the death.

Reports charges and court appearances of Stephen Carberry and Owen Flood over the 2020 killing of Keane Mulready-Woods. The convictions of Gerard Cruise and Paul Crosby and the shooting of Robert Lawlor are from other proceedings and are not recorded as people in this case.

Official garda.ie release announcing the arrest and charge of two men in a January 2020 murder in Drogheda. No existing case in the list matches this incident.

Follow-up on a 2020 murder case: three people have been jailed, files on other suspects are with the DPP, and the inquest is adjourned until Garda investigations are complete.

Confirms sentencing of Paul Crosby (10 years) and Gerard Cruise (7 years); provides Mangan's reflections on the investigation, the broader Drogheda feud, and Operation Stratus results including around 500 charges and nearly €4 million in drugs seized.

Provides the actual sentences (10 years for Crosby, 7 years for Cruise), the judge's remarks, the defendants' reactions at court, and details of how the remains were disposed of.

Reports the sentencing of two men for assisting in the killing of Keane Mulready-Woods.

Provides the specific sentences and the judge's detailed reasoning for Crosby (10 years, 6 months suspended) and Cruise (7 years 6 months, 6 months suspended), including their respective roles in procuring the victim, disposing of remains, and their relationship to Lawlor.

Provides full sentencing details for Crosby (headline 13 years 6 months reduced to 10 years 6 months, 6 months suspended) and Cruise (headline 10 years reduced to 7 years 6 months, 6 months suspended), details of their respective roles in the crime, the judge's remarks, and background on their previous convictions.

Adds that three further suspects have been identified and files sent to the DPP; confirms Gerard Cruise and Paul Crosby pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder with sentencing set for 13 February 2023; states Ged McKenna received four years for cleaning up the scene; confirms Robbie Lawlor as the accepted killer, shot dead in Belfast; notes no motive established; mentions two gang ringleaders who fled to Spain, Turkey and Mexico.

Sentencing hearing details: victim impact statement from Elizabeth Woods, full evidence of the day of the murder (taxi to Centra, meeting Crosby, driving in Cruise's Volkswagen to McKenna's house), post-mortem findings, CCTV and mobile phone evidence, Cruise's and Crosby's arrest and interview details, defence submissions, and adjournment of sentencing to 13 February 2023.

The mother of the victim spoke in court and revealed a wish; the article body contains no further detail beyond the headline.

Details of the sentence hearing including the victim's mother's impact statement, prosecution evidence on the sequence of events, defence submissions, and adjournment of sentencing to 13 February 2023.

Mother's victim impact statement at the Special Criminal Court; sentencing of Crosby and Cruise scheduled for the following month; Mr Justice Tony Hunt presiding.

Mother's victim impact statement read at sentencing hearing; detailed timeline and evidence of the murder presented by Detective Inspector McCabe; both defendants pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder; sentencing adjourned to 13 February 2023.