Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Born

Between July 1976 and March 1977, from the ages reported

Offences

Burglary, Endangering Gardaí, Dangerous driving

Where

Co. Cork, Co. Louth

Reporting

2 reports, 10 Jul 2025 to 28 Mar 2026

Outlets

rte.ie, irishmirror.ie

Photographs

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• Four charged over burglary at Cork transport company, three remanded Burglary · Co. Cork

  Four men were arrested on 27 March 2026 in a white BMW on the M8 at Dunkettle in connection with a break-in at O'Connell Transport, Tivoli Docks, Cork. Aiden Hulme, 49, of Dundalk, Ronan Kelly, 39, Niall Fegan, 27, and Brendan Traynor, 36, of Newry, were charged with trespass with intent to commit an offence and possessing articles intended for use in a burglary, with Traynor facing the latter charge alone. The seized items included balaclavas, torches, ropes, and a reciprocating saw. At a special sitting of Cork District Court on 28 March, Judge Mary Dorgan remanded three of the men in custody with consent to bail on strict conditions, while Hulme was refused bail and remanded in custody to appear again on 1 April.

  In court, 28 Mar 2026Accused · 1 report
• Former Real IRA bomber sentenced for endangering Gardaí in Dundalk Endangering Gardaí · Co. Louth

  On 8 October 2017, Aiden Hulme, 48, drove at speed at Gardaí Diarmuid Coakley and Joseph Gibney at a mandatory checkpoint on Racecourse Road in Dundalk, triggering a high-speed pursuit to Newry. Hulme, a former Real IRA member convicted in 2003 at the Old Bailey in connection with the 2001 BBC bombing and other attacks, had been released in 2015 after 13 years due to an error in remission dates. He was convicted of endangering Gardaí and three counts of dangerous driving at Dundalk Circuit Court. In July 2025, Judge Dara Hayes sentenced him to three years' imprisonment suspended for three years.

  Sentenced, 10 Jul 2025Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 28 Mar2026
   In courtrte.ie, in Four charged over burglary at Cork transport company, three remanded

   Four charged in connection with Cork break-in

   accused, Aiden Hulme, 49, male, namedAiden Hulme♂49
2. 10 Jul2025
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Former Real IRA bomber sentenced for endangering Gardaí in Dundalk

   Real IRA bomber freed by prison error learns fate after driving at Gardai

   convicted, Aiden Hulme, 48, male, named, irish (judged from name)Aiden Hulme♂48IE

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