Ireland Named in reporting
Brendan O'Donnell
14 reports across 2 cases, 22 Jul 2024 to 19 May 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Murder, Assault causing harm, Obtaining a child for sexual exploitation, Possessing child sexual abuse material (child pornography)
- Where
- Co. Kildare
- Reporting
- 14 reports, 22 Jul 2024 to 19 May 2025
- Outlets
- dublinlive.ie, kildarenow.com, rte.ie, irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to life for murder in Newbridge, Co Kildare Murder · Co. Kildare
Brian Ibe, a 24-year-old man, broke into the home of 65-year-old man Peter Kennedy in Moore Park, Newbridge, Co Kildare, on 28 April 2020 by smashing a window and assaulted him, causing traumatic head injuries from which Kennedy died at Beaumont Hospital on 12 May 2020. Ibe also punched Garda Brendan O'Donnell at Newbridge Garda Station on 29 April 2020. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to both charges; his first trial collapsed in July 2024 over a legal disagreement on witness classification, and at his second trial in 2025 a jury unanimously rejected the insanity defence and convicted him of murder and assault causing harm. On 19 May 2025, Ibe was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, backdated to 29 April 2020, and 12 months for the assault.
Sentenced, 19 May 2025Victim · 12 reports - Man convicted of murder and assault in Newbridge, Co Kildare Obtaining a child for sexual exploitation · Co. Kildare
Brian Ibe, of no fixed abode and formerly of Moore Park, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court on 9 April 2025 of murdering 65-year-old Peter Kennedy in Newbridge, Co Kildare. Ibe was arrested on or about 29 April 2020 after stabbing Kennedy in the neck with a knife on 28 April 2020, and was also convicted of assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O'Donnell at Newbridge Garda Station. He had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to both charges, but the jury rejected the defence after hearing conflicting psychiatric evidence. Ibe faces a mandatory life sentence, with sentencing adjourned to 19 May 2025.
Convicted, 9 Apr 2025Victim · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Brendan O'Donnell, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 19 May2025Man jailed for life for murder of 'thoughtful and generous' pensionervictim, Brendan O'Donnell, male, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 19 May2025Man jailed for life for murder of Kildare community workervictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 19 May2025Man jailed for murder of man who took him and mother invictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 9 Apr2025BREAKING: Man convicted of murder of Kildare 'gentleman'victim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 9 Apr2025Man guilty of murdering man who took him and mother invictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 4 Apr2025Man accused of Kildare murder was 'logical' in demanding money from victim - trialvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 2 Apr2025Cannabis use may have triggered schizophrenia in man accused of murdering Kildare man - trial hearsvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, male, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 1 Apr2025No evidence that man accused of Kildare murder was faking schizophrenia, trial hearsvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, male, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 26 Jul2024BREAKING: Trial collapses of homeless man accused of murdering Newbridge "gentleman"victim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 25 Jul2024Newbridge man appeared starving and frightened in the months before his death - friend tells murder trialvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 25 Jul2024Murder victim 'starving' and 'frightened' before deathvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 23 Jul2024‘Kind’ man fatally assaulted in his own home had allowed alleged murderer to stayvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 23 Jul2024'A kind soul' - Kildare man allowed murder accused to live with him months before killingvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
- 22 Jul2024Jury sworn in at Central Criminal Court for Newbridge murder trialvictim, Brendan O'Donnell, irish (judged from name)Brendan O'Donnell
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