Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Offences

Assault causing harm, Drugs possession, Driving without insurance or licence, And refusing a blood specimen

Where

Co. Kilkenny

Reporting

3 reports, 26 Sep 2023 to 31 Jul 2026

Outlets

kilkennypeople.ie

• Kilkenny man's assault causing harm case adjourned for DPP directions Assault causing harm · Co. Kilkenny

  Declan Foley, of Loughboy, Kilkenny, is accused of assault causing harm, which is alleged to have taken place at his home address on June 4. No details of the alleged assault or of any victim have been reported. His case was heard at Kilkenny District Court at a recent sitting and adjourned for DPP's directions, which were outstanding. The latest development is an adjournment to August 4 for DPP's directions.

  In court, 31 Jul 2026Accused · 1 report
• Kilkenny man jailed for drugs and motoring offences Drugs possession · Co. Kilkenny

  Declan Foley, a man from Kilkenny, was stopped at a Garda checkpoint on College Road in Kilkenny City on April 9, 2023. Gardaí reported smelling cannabis in the car and finding 30g of it, worth €400, in the glove box. He was charged with drugs possession, driving without insurance or a licence, and refusing to give a blood specimen, and he pleaded guilty to all three. On April 30, 2026, Kilkenny District Court jailed him for five months for the motoring and specimen offences and disqualified him from driving for eight years, with a further five-month sentence for the cannabis possession.

  Sentenced, 30 Apr 2026Convicted · 1 report
• Man charged with assault causing harm in Kilkenny housing estate Assault causing harm · Co. Kilkenny

  A 36-year-old local man was assaulted at a house at The Weir, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny City, on Sunday 24 September 2023 at about 8.40pm, and was left with serious head injuries. A man in his 40s was arrested in the early hours of Monday 25 September and detained at Kilkenny Garda Station, and the victim was transferred from St Luke's Hospital to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin for emergency surgery. Declan Foley, 19, of Weir View, Castlecomer Road, was later charged with assault causing harm, and reports of a court appearance state that Judge Marie Keane granted him bail on his own bond of €200 with conditions. He was remanded on bail to appear before Kilkenny District Court on 23 October 2023 for DPP directions.

  In court, 26 Sep 2023Accused · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 31 Jul2026
   In courtkilkennypeople.ie, in Kilkenny man's assault causing harm case adjourned for DPP directions

   Kilkenny man accused of assault causing harm

   accused, Declan Foley, male, named, irish (judged from name)Declan Foley♂IE
2. 30 Apr2026
   Sentencedkilkennypeople.ie, in Kilkenny man jailed for drugs and motoring offences

   ‘Unacceptable’ to get behind the wheel drunk - Kilkenny man jailed for motoring offences

   convicted, Declan Foley, male, named, irish (judged from name)Declan Foley♂IE
3. 26 Sep2023
   In courtkilkennypeople.ie, in Man charged with assault causing harm in Kilkenny housing estate

   Man in court over assault in Kilkenny housing estate

   accused, Declan Foley, male, named, irish (judged from name)Declan Foley♂IE

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