Ireland Named in reporting
Colm Dowling
Born between December 1956 and December 1957, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 16 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between December 1956 and December 1957, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Criminal damage (arson attempt, Damage to property)
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 16 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, rte.ie
Cases
latest first- Colm Dowling jailed for two years after using vegetable oil to set fire to garda's car and damaging commercial gates Criminal damage (arson attempt · Co. Dublin
Colm Dowling, 68, of Cypress Avenue, Brookwood, Dublin 16, attempted to set a garda's personal car on fire using vegetable oil and caused over €7,000 of damage to gates at a commercial premises in the Rathfarnham area. The offences occurred 10 months after his release from custody and during the suspended part of a 2022 sentence. He pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal damage on 11 January 2025. At sentencing, reported on 16 December 2025 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Jonathan Dunphy imposed two years with the final nine months suspended, meaning 15 months in custody, along with probation supervision, a two-year peace bond and a €76 payment order, and Dowling was remanded on bail over the potential re-activation of the part-suspended 2022 sentence.
Sentenced, 16 Dec 2025Convicted · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Colm Dowling, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 17 Dec2025Man jailed after using vegetable oil to try and set fire to garda's personal carconvicted, Colm Dowling, 68, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colm Dowling
- 16 Dec2025Man jailed for trying to set car on fire using veg oilconvicted, Colm Dowling, 68, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colm Dowling
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