Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

1995, from the ages reported

Offences

Robbery, Taking of vehicles, Attempted theft and dangerous driving

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

4 reports, 1 Mar 2026 to 17 Jun 2026

Outlets

irishmirror.ie, rte.ie, thejournal.ie

Photographs

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• Man jailed for three and a half years for robbing ice-cream parlour in Ranelagh Robbery · Co. Dublin

  On the evening of 11 February 2025, Carl McGuinness, a 31-year-old man, went to an ice-cream parlour in Ranelagh, Dublin, carrying a hammer and told the shop manager to open the till. He accidentally triggered the panic alarm and escaped on a bike with a woman's iPhone 13, worth about €550. Gardaí tracked the phone using the find my phone feature, found him nearby, and recovered the phone and hammer when he was searched. He entered a signed guilty plea to robbery and was sentenced by Judge Orla Crowe at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three years and six months, consecutive to part of his current global sentence, as reported on 16 June 2026.

  Sentenced, 16 Jun 2026Convicted · 2 reports
• Serial car thief jailed for nine years over Dublin driving offences Taking of vehicles · Co. Dublin

  Carl McGuinness, a 30-year-old man of no fixed abode, was involved in car thefts, attempted thefts and dangerous driving incidents in Dublin between August 2024 and May 2025, affecting three people including a tourist. The incidents included taking a Toyota Yaris from a tourist at the Gresham Hotel car park, a crash after he hit a Dublin Bus, and an attempted car robbery at Main Street, Finglas, on 5 October 2024 while he was allegedly armed with an axe. He was arrested after several of the incidents and pleaded guilty to a string of offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, and Judge Martina Baxter then jailed him for nine years, with the final year of a ten-year sentence suspended, backdated to May 2025, and disqualified him from driving for ten years. Reports on the sentencing are dated 3 March 2026 (thejournal.ie) and 4 March 2026 (RTE).

  Sentenced, 1 Mar 2026Convicted · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 17 Jun2026
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Man jailed for three and a half years for robbing ice-cream parlour in Ranelagh

   Gardai nabbed iPhone thief with 117 convictions by using 'find my phone' app

   convicted, Carl McGuinness, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Carl McGuinness♂31IE
2. 16 Jun2026
   Sentencedrte.ie, in Man jailed for three and a half years for robbing ice-cream parlour in Ranelagh

   Man tracked using 'find phone' feature jailed for theft

   convicted, Carl McGuinness, 31, male, named, irish (judged from name)Carl McGuinness♂31IE
3. 3 Mar2026
   Sentencedrte.ie, in Serial car thief jailed for nine years over Dublin driving offences

   Serial car thief jailed for nine years

   convicted, Carl McGuinness, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Carl McGuinness♂30IE
4. 1 Mar2026
   Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Serial car thief jailed for nine years over Dublin driving offences

   Axe-wielding serial car thief with 106 previous convictions is jailed for nine years

   convicted, Carl McGuinness, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Carl McGuinness♂30IE

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