Ireland Named in reporting
Alan Murphy
16 reports across 4 cases, 11 Aug 2021 to 18 Jul 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Oral rape, Indecent assault, Breach of the peace, Reckless discharge of a firearm; possession of a firearm, Assault on a garda
- Where
- Co. Dublin, Co. Offaly, Co. Limerick
- Reporting
- 16 reports, 11 Aug 2021 to 18 Jul 2025
- Outlets
- dublinlive.ie, offalyexpress.ie, irishmirror.ie, limerickleader.ie, irishtimes.com, extra.ie, limerickpost.ie, thejournal.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for oral rape and indecent assault of cousin in Dublin Oral rape · Co. Dublin
Darren Dowling, 48, of Jersey, UK, was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court on 12 July 2025 of eight counts of oral rape and three counts of indecent assault committed against his cousin Alan Murphy, aged between three and six, at a Clondalkin address between 1990 and 1993. Dowling, who was aged between 13 and 16 at the time, was sentenced to concurrent terms reduced from 13 and eight years to six and a half and four years because he was a juvenile, though the article reports concurrent sentences of five years (12 months suspended) and three years. The case was adjourned for a Supreme Court hearing on the naming of juvenile accused persons, and Dowling can now be named following that ruling. He was extradited from Jersey, where he has three previous convictions, and met with gardai voluntarily without contesting his extradition.
Sentenced, 18 Jul 2025Victim · 1 report - Georgian man adjourned for alleged breach of the peace in Tullamore Breach of the peace · Co. Offaly
On July 19, 2024, a Georgian man, Otari Bukia, 30, allegedly waved a ticket aggressively at Alan Murphy at Spollens Car Park, High Street, Tullamore. Bukia was summonsed for an alleged breach of the peace. The case was heard at Tullamore District Court on May 24, 2025, before Judge Andrew Cody, who certified for a Georgian interpreter. The prosecution was adjourned to June 25, 2025, when a plea will be entered or a date fixed for a hearing.
In court, 24 May 2025Victim · 1 report - Man sentenced for reckless discharge and possession of firearm in Limerick Reckless discharge of a firearm; possession of a firearm · Co. Limerick
On 11 June 2020, a shotgun discharged at Long Pavement, Watch House Cross, in Moyross, Limerick, injuring Alan Murphy in the upper body with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Paul Coffey, 46, of Lord Edward Street, Limerick, was arrested in August 2021 and initially charged with attempted murder. The DPP dropped the attempted murder charge, and Coffey pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court in March 2023 to reckless discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm. In April 2023, Mr Justice Paul Burns sentenced Coffey to six years for possession (final 12 months suspended for three years) and three years for reckless discharge, to run concurrently, with the sentence backdated to August 2021.
Sentenced, 18 Apr 2023Victim · 8 reports - Brothers sentenced for assault on garda in Dublin 8 Assault on a garda · Co. Dublin
Garda Alan Murphy was responding to reports of a stabbing in Inchicore, Dublin 8, on 30 March 2020 when he was attacked by the Quinn brothers. Gavin Quinn, 28, pinned the officer to the ground while his brother Lee Quinn, 27, slashed him across the head with a six-inch kitchen knife. The brothers were initially due to stand trial for attempted murder but entered guilty pleas on lesser charges accepted by the DPP, and were re-arraigned at the Central Criminal Court on 1 March 2022. On 11 July 2022, Ms Justice Eileen Creedon sentenced Lee Quinn to seven years for attempting to cause serious harm and Gavin Quinn to two-and-a-half years for assaulting a peace officer. Gavin Quinn was released from Mountjoy Prison on 24 August 2022.
Sentenced, 11 Jul 2022Victim · 6 reports
Timeline
every report naming Alan Murphy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 18 Jul2025Man who sexually abused three-year-old cousin can now be namedvictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 24 May2025Alleged dispute in Offaly car park with traffic warden lands man in courtvictim, Alan Murphy, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 18 Apr2023Convicted killer who was getaway driver in murder that sparked feud is jailedvictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 18 Apr2023Limerick criminal jailed for 'accidentally' shooting his friend in carvictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 28 Mar2023Limerick criminal to be sentenced for 'accidentally' shooting his friendvictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 13 Mar2023Limerick man admits role in shooting incidentvictim, Alan Murphy, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 13 Mar2023Limerick man previously charged with attempted murder pleads guilty to discharging firearmvictim, Alan Murphy, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 27 Aug2022Gardaí 'denied justice' as Gavin Quinn released weeks after sentencingvictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 26 Aug2022Vicious Criminal Who Tried To Butcher A Garda Walks Freevictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 12 Jul2022The Evil Brothers Who Attacked And Tried To 'Butcher' Gardavictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 11 Jul2022Two brothers jailed for trying to 'butcher' garda 'like an animal'victim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 11 Jul2022Brothers jailed over attempt to ‘butcher’ garda in Dublin 8victim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 17 Jun2022Garda’s evidence after two brothers tried to ‘butcher’ himvictim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 25 Aug2021City man remanded in continuing custody on attempted murder charge.victim, Alan Murphy, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 11 Aug2021Man charged with attempted murder following Limerick shooting told gardaí 'someone else did it'victim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
- 11 Aug2021“I didn’t do it”: Man charged with attempted murder following Limerick shooting tells gardai “someone else did it”victim, Alan Murphy, male, irish (judged from name)Alan Murphy
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