Ireland Named in reporting
Dean Boland
Born between December 1987 and March 1988, from the ages reported. 8 reports across 2 cases, 7 Dec 2022 to 20 Oct 2026
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- Between December 1987 and March 1988, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault causing harm, Unlawful killing, Arson, Burglary
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 8 reports, 7 Dec 2022 to 20 Oct 2026
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, Courts Service judgment, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Assault causing harm case at Mountjoy Prison adjourned for sentencing Assault causing harm · Co. Dublin
Dean Boland, 38, a man, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm after punching a prison officer on the left side of his face in the medical wing of Mountjoy Prison on 14 April 2024. The officer was knocked unconscious and diagnosed with severe concussion, post-concussion syndrome and PTSD, was off work for 14 months, and attended over 150 medical appointments. Boland, who is currently serving a six-year sentence for arson, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in October 2026. Judge Martina Baxter adjourned the case to December for probation, governor and medical reports and a urine analysis.
In court, 19 Oct 2026Convicted, accused · 2 reports - Appeal allowed in Dublin unlawful killing case Unlawful killing · Co. Dublin
On 21 August 2018, Dean Boland, a 37-year-old man, allegedly broke into a downstairs apartment at Oaklands Terrace, Terenure, Dublin, stole a rucksack, and set fire to the property. Ohari Viera, a man from Angola, was living in the upstairs apartment with two other men; all three evacuated but Viera re-entered the building and was later found by fire service officers, dying of cardiac arrest from smoke inhalation at St James' Hospital. Boland was arrested and charged the following day, convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury in December 2022 of manslaughter, arson, and burglary, and sentenced to eight years in prison in March 2023. The Court of Appeal allowed his appeal against the manslaughter conviction on 7 October 2025.
Sentenced, 30 Mar 2023Convicted, accused · 6 reports
Timeline
every report naming Dean Boland, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 20 Oct2026Arsonist who assaulted prison officer behind bars apologisesconvicted, Dean Boland, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
- 19 Oct2026Prison officer had 150 medical appointments after attackaccused, Dean Boland, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
- 7 Oct2025[2025] IECA 214 Court of Appeal: The Director of Public Prosecutions -v- Dean Bolandconvicted, Dean Boland, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
- 26 May2025Arsonist not to blame for death of man who went back into apartment building, Court of Appeal toldconvicted, Dean Boland, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
- 30 Mar2023Man jailed for eight years over death of man in Dublin building he set on fireconvicted, Dean Boland, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
- 16 Dec2022Burglar found guilty of unlawful killing of man in house fireconvicted, Dean Boland, 34, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
- 9 Dec2022Kitchen porter died in house fire started as a ‘deliberate act’, court toldaccused, Dean Boland, 34, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
- 7 Dec2022Dean Boland goes on trial charged with unlawful killing after death of man in 2018accused, Dean Boland, 34, male, named, irish (judged from name)Dean Boland
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