Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Nationality

Irish, as stated in a report

Offences

False imprisonment (unlawful detention)

Where

Co. Dublin, Co. Laois

Reporting

4 reports, 21 Jun 2022 to 13 Jan 2023

Outlets

dundalkdemocrat.ie, irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie

Photographs

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• High Court awards false imprisonment damages to three men in Dublin False imprisonment (unlawful detention) · Co. Dublin

  Three men from Co Louth were arrested by Slovak police in July 2001 after meeting people they believed were Iraqi arms dealers, who were in fact undercover British security agents. They were extradited to England, where in 2002 they pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause explosions and charges under the UK's 2000 Terrorism Act, receiving 28-year sentences. In 2006 they were transferred to Portlaoise Prison on defective warrants, and in 2014 the High Court found their continued detention unlawful. In January 2023, Mr Justice Cian Ferriter at the High Court in Dublin awarded each man €2,500 in damages for false imprisonment, finding the transfer warrants were defective in referencing 28-year sentences rather than the correct term of 18 years and 8 months.

  In court, 22 Jun 2022Convicted · 2 reports
• High Court awards €2,500 damages each to three Real IRA men for unlawful detention in Portlaoise False imprisonment (unlawful detention) · Co. Laois

  {"title: "High Court awards damages for false imprisonment at Portlaoise" tldr: "Three Irish men from Co Louth, Fintan O'Farrell, Declan Rafferty and Michael McDonald, were arrested by Slovak police in July 2001 after meeting men they believed were Iraqi arms dealers but who were undercover British security agents, in connection with an attempt to acquire weapons for the Real IRA. They were extradited to England, pleaded guilty in 2002 to conspiracy to cause explosions, and received 28-year prison sentences. In 2006 they were transferred to Portlaoise Prison, where they claimed their detention was unlawful due to defective transfer warrants. In January 2023 the High Court found just under four years of their eight-year detention period actionable and awarded €2,500 in damages to each man." facts: [{"kind": "what", "text": "Three Irish men from Co Louth were arrested in connection with an attempt to acquire weapons and financial support for the Real IRA."}, {"kind": "what", "text": "The men were arrested by Slovak police after meeting men they believed were Iraqi arms dealers but who were undercover British security agents."}, {"kind": "where", "text": "The men were detained at Portlaoise Prison in County Laois."}, {"kind": "when", "text": "The men were arrested by Slovak police in July 2001."}, {"kind": "when", "text": "In 2006 the men were transferred to Portlaoise Prison.

  In court, 21 Jun 2022Convicted · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 13 Jan2023
   In courtdundalkdemocrat.ie, in High Court awards false imprisonment damages to three men in Dublin

   Court rules that three Louth men convicted of attempting to acquire weapons for the Real IRA entitled to damages for unlawful detention by the State

   convicted, Fintan O'Farrell, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fintan O'Farrell♂IE
2. 13 Jan2023
   In courtirishtimes.com, in High Court awards €2,500 damages each to three Real IRA men for unlawful detention in Portlaoise

   Court awards damages for unlawful detention of men convicted of acquiring weapons for Real IRA

   convicted, Fintan O'Farrell, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fintan O'Farrell♂IE
3. 13 Jan2023
   In courtthejournal.ie, in High Court awards false imprisonment damages to three men in Dublin

   Men jailed for trying to acquire weapons for Real IRA awarded damages over unlawful detention

   convicted, Fintan O'Farrell, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fintan O'Farrell♂IE
4. 21 Jun2022
   In courtirishtimes.com, in High Court awards €2,500 damages each to three Real IRA men for unlawful detention in Portlaoise

   Men convicted of trying to acquire arms for Real IRA seek damages for unlawful detention

   convicted, Fintan O'Farrell, male, Irish, named, irishFintan O'Farrell♂IE

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