Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between May 1996 and May 1997, from the ages reported

Offences

Escape from lawful custody

Where

Co. Clare

Reporting

1 report, 13 May 2025 to 13 May 2025

Outlets

clareecho.ie

• Prisoner absconds from Ennis Garda Station during cigarette break Escape from lawful custody · Co. Clare

  Daniel McCarthy, a man, was in custody at Ennis Garda Station, Co Clare, on 25 November 2024 when he ran off during a cigarette break taken outside the station with a Garda present. A Garda arrested him in Limerick on 4 December 2024, after he had remained at large, and he pleaded guilty to escaping lawful custody. In the District Court he received a six-month prison term, consecutive to a 32-month affray sentence, and on appeal at Ennis Circuit Court the escape sentence was reduced to three months, as reported on 13 May 2025.

  Sentenced, 13 May 2025Convicted · 1 report

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1. 13 May2025
   Sentencedclareecho.ie, in Prisoner absconds from Ennis Garda Station during cigarette break

   Prisoner 'goes up in puff of smoke' & absconds while on permitted cigarette break at Ennis Garda Station - Clare Echo

   convicted, Daniel McCarthy, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Daniel McCarthy♂28IE

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