Ireland Named in reporting
Caolán Smyth
Born between September 1991 and January 1992, from the ages reported. 13 reports across 2 cases, 2 Sep 2021 to 17 Jun 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused, suspect
- Born
- Between September 1991 and January 1992, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder, Participating in activities of a criminal organisation (Section 72(1)(A) Criminal Justice Act)
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 13 reports, 2 Sep 2021 to 17 Jun 2024
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie, Courts Service judgment, dublinlive.ie
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Cases
latest first- Supreme Court upholds attempted murder conviction in Dublin Murder
James Gately was shot five times by the driver of a car at the Topaz petrol station on Clonshaugh Road, north Dublin, on 10 May 2017. Caolán Smyth, a man aged 33, was alleged to be the shooter, and Gary McAreavey, a man aged 56, was alleged to have purchased petrol to destroy the car. Both were convicted at the Special Criminal Court in January 2021; Smyth was sentenced to 20 years and McAreavey to three years. On 17 June 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed Smyth's appeal against his attempted murder conviction but quashed McAreavey's conviction for assisting an offender.
In court, 28 Jul 2022Convicted, accused · 12 reports - Man sentenced for criminal organisation role in foiled murder plot, Dublin Participating in activities of a criminal organisation (Section 72(1)(A) Criminal Justice Act) · Co. Dublin
The Kinahan crime organisation plotted to murder James Gately, a Hutch gang member, in Belfast between December 2016 and April 2017, following the Regency Hotel killing of David Byrne in February 2016. Estonian hitman Imre Arakas was brought to Ireland on 3 April 2017 to carry out the killing but was arrested at Blakestown, Dublin, the following morning, and Gately survived a second attempted murder in May 2017, being shot five times while wearing a bulletproof vest. Arakas was jailed for six years in December 2018, and Peter Keating, 40, David Duffy, 33, Stephen Fowler, 62, and Douglas Glynn, 37, were all sentenced at the Special Criminal Court between 2021 and 2022 for their roles in the foiled plot. Glynn, who placed a tracker device on Gately's car in Belfast, was sentenced to seven years and six months with the final year suspended on 14 February 2022. Martin Aylmer, 35, remains charged with participating in the plot.
Sentenced, 30 Jul 2021Suspect · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Caolán Smyth, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 17 Jun2024Supreme Court dismisses gunman's appeal over use of phone dataconvicted, Caolan Smyth, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 17 Jun2024Supreme Court decision on phone data admissibility may be fatal blow to Graham Dwyer appealconvicted, Caolán Smyth, named, irish (judged from name)Caolán Smyth
- 17 Jun2024Kinahan gunman loses court appeal over use of phone dataconvicted, Caolan Smyth, 33, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 17 Jun2024Supreme Court finds phone data was admissible in ruling which could influence awaited Graham Dwyer decisionconvicted, Caolan Smyth, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 26 Apr2023DPP accepts phone data used to convict men was obtained unlawfully, Supreme Court toldconvicted, Caolan Smyth, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 26 Apr2023Supreme Court reserves decision on phone data caseconvicted, Caolan Smyth, 30, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 25 Apr2023Supreme Court urged to reject phone data used to secure men’s convictionsconvicted, Caolan Smyth, 30, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 29 Mar2023Human rights body joins Supreme Court appeals against admissibility of phone data at trialsconvicted, Caolan Smyth, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 11 Jan2023Supreme Court to hear appeal over use of mobile phone data in attempted murder convictionaccused, Caolan Smyth, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 16 Dec2022[2022] IESCDET 137 Supreme Court: The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions -V- Caolan Smythconvicted, Caolan Smyth, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 28 Jul2022Gardaí investigating attempted Kinahan gang hit entitled to access mobile phone data, court findsconvicted, Caolan Smyth, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 28 Jul2022Court rules gardaí were entitled to access phone dataaccused, Caolan Smyth, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
- 2 Sep2021Senior member of Kinahan gang jailed for directing attempted hit on Hutch rivalsuspect, Caolan Smyth, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Caolan Smyth
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