Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Frankie Shanley

Born between October 1975 and February 1976, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 1 case, 13 May 2022 to 27 Feb 2023

Suspect: Frankie Shanley, Irish man, 47 (judged from name)Frankie Shanley

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted, accused, suspect
Born
Between October 1975 and February 1976, from the ages reported
Offences
Harassment
Where
Co. Kerry
Reporting
3 reports, 13 May 2022 to 27 Feb 2023
Outlets
irishtimes.com, clareecho.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Frankie Shanley made false allegations about the garda on platforms including social media, to the RTÉ newsdesk and to the Garda Commissioner
Frankie Shanley made false allegations about the garda on platforms including social media, to the RTÉ newsdesk and to the Garda Commissioner
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishtimes.com, 27 Feb 2023

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Cases

latest first
  • Shanley sentenced for harassing garda and hotelier in Kerry Harassment · Co. Kerry

    Frankie Shanley, a 46-year-old man from Boyle living in Tralee, pleaded guilty to harassing Co Kerry garda Marcus Twomey between December 2018 and September 2020 and Co Clare hotelier Derek Logue between June and October 2019. The alleged harassment included abusive and threatening emails, voice messages, and false allegations made on social media and to media outlets. Shanley was arrested in Berlin in March 2022 on a European Arrest Warrant and appeared by video link at Ennis Circuit Court in October 2022 to enter his guilty plea. He was sentenced at Tralee Circuit Criminal Court in February 2023 to 3½ years in prison with the final year suspended for the garda harassment and 12 months concurrent for the hotelier harassment, backdated to 29 March 2022.

    Sentenced, 27 Feb 2023Convicted, accused, suspect · 3 reports

Timeline

every report naming Frankie Shanley, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 27 Feb2023
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Shanley sentenced for harassing garda and hotelier in Kerry
    DJ Frankie Shanley sentenced to 3½ years in prison for harassing garda and hotelier
    convicted, Frankie Shanley, 47, male, named, irish (judged from name)Frankie Shanley
  2. 21 Oct2022
    In courtclareecho.ie, in Shanley sentenced for harassing garda and hotelier in Kerry
    Viral Jerusalema challenge DJ tells court he is guilty of harassing Clare hotelier - Clare Echo
    accused, Frankie Shanley, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Frankie Shanley
  3. 13 May2022
    In courtclareecho.ie, in Shanley sentenced for harassing garda and hotelier in Kerry
    Viral Garda dance challenge DJ in custody facing harassment charge of hotelier - Clare Echo
    suspect, Frankie Shanley, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Frankie Shanley

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