Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Facilitating a serious offence by a criminal organisation, Murder

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

3 reports, 26 Feb 2024 to 22 Apr 2024

Outlets

thejournal.ie, kildarenow.com, irishtimes.com

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• Man jailed for facilitating serious offence in Clondalkin murder case Facilitating a serious offence by a criminal organisation · Co. Dublin

  Noel Kirwan, 62, was shot dead with eight gunshot wounds as he sat in his car outside his home in Clondalkin, Dublin, on 22 December 2016. He was targeted by the Kinahan cartel, which mistakenly believed he was linked to the rival Hutch gang, though he had no involvement in criminality. Michael Crotty, 42, a gym owner from Cashel, Co Tipperary, was charged with facilitating a serious offence by a criminal organisation after buying €20 of phone credit for Sean McGovern, whose phone was used to coordinate the shooting. Crotty pleaded not guilty and went to trial in January 2024, then entered a guilty plea in February. He was sentenced at the Special Criminal Court on 13 May 2024 to two years, with a headline sentence of six years reduced for mitigation.

  Sentenced, 15 May 2024Victim · 1 report
• Man jailed for nine years for facilitating Noel Kirwan murder in Dublin Murder · Co. Dublin

  Noel Kirwan, 62, was shot six times in the driveway of his home on St Ronan's Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, on 22 December 2016, with his partner Bernadette Roe in the car beside him. Declan Brady, 57, pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act, after Gardaí linked him to a tracking device placed on Kirwan's car by the Kinahan crime organisation. The sentencing hearing at the Special Criminal Court in February 2024 was adjourned to 30 April 2024 for a probation report. On 24 June 2024, Brady was sentenced to ten years in prison with the final year suspended on condition he continue to disassociate from the gang.

  Sentenced, 24 Jun 2024Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 22 Apr2024
   In courtthejournal.ie, in Man jailed for facilitating serious offence in Clondalkin murder case

   Daughter of Noel Kirwan hopes man who facilitated his murder 'will never see the light of day again'

   victim, Bernadette Roe, female, irish (judged from name)Bernadette Roe♀IE
2. 27 Feb2024
   In courtkildarenow.com, in Man jailed for nine years for facilitating Noel Kirwan murder in Dublin

   COURTS: Innocent grandad's 'life extinguished' because of photo at funeral of Eddie Hutch

   victim, Bernadette Roe, female, irish (judged from name)Bernadette Roe♀IE
3. 26 Feb2024
   Convictedirishtimes.com, in Man jailed for nine years for facilitating Noel Kirwan murder in Dublin

   Family of innocent grandfather ‘murdered senselessly’ by Kinahan gang ‘live in torment forever’

   victim, Bernadette Roe, female, irish (judged from name)Bernadette Roe♀IE

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