Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Alan Heffernan

Born between October 1995 and October 1996, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 14 Oct 2025 to 14 Oct 2025

Suspect: Alan Heffernan, Irish person, 29 (judged from name)Alan Heffernan

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Born
Between October 1995 and October 1996, from the ages reported
Offences
Assault causing harm
Reporting
1 report, 14 Oct 2025 to 14 Oct 2025
Outlets
gript.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Former Tidy Towns volunteer jailed for baseball bat assault on driver Assault causing harm

    On 9 May 2024, Alan Heffernan, a former Tidy Towns volunteer, called another driver, a man, a racial slur and then attacked him with a baseball bat. Heffernan's address is given as Balcurris, Ballymun, Dublin, and the county of the incident is not stated. He was charged with assault causing harm under Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act and appeared before the Circuit Criminal Court. On 14 October 2025, Gript reported that he had been jailed.

    Sentenced, 14 Oct 2025Convicted ยท 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Alan Heffernan, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 14 Oct2025
    Sentencedgript.ie, in Former Tidy Towns volunteer jailed for baseball bat assault on driver
    Tidy Towns volunteer "lost control" before assault - Gript
    convicted, Alan Heffernan, 29, named, irish (judged from name)Alan Heffernan

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