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

Gareth Sheeran

Born between July 1990 and July 1991, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 1 case, 20 Jul 2023 to 28 Jul 2023

Suspect: Gareth Sheeran, Irish man, 32 (judged from name)Gareth Sheeran

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Accused
Born
Between July 1990 and July 1991, from the ages reported
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
5 reports, 20 Jul 2023 to 28 Jul 2023
Outlets
thejournal.ie, rte.ie, irishtimes.com, irishmirror.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Two experienced psychiatrists said Gareth Sheeran was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the killing
Two experienced psychiatrists said Gareth Sheeran was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the killing
Photocredit not given by the outletvia rte.ie, 21 Jul 2023
Gareth Sheeran (30) gave an incoherent account of being told by someone in the Phoenix Park to kill his own father three years before the stabbing, consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Patrick McLaughlin said
Gareth Sheeran (30) gave an incoherent account of being told by someone in the Phoenix Park to kill his own father three years before the stabbing, consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Patrick McLaughlin said
PhotoCollinsvia irishtimes.com, 20 Jul 2023

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Cases

latest first
  • Man committed to Central Mental Hospital in Dublin murder case Murder · Co. Dublin

    Gareth Sheeran, 32, stabbed his father Harry Sheeran, 65, with a World War II bayonet at their home in Carriglea View, Firhouse, Dublin, on Father's Day, 20 June 2021. He was charged with murder and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. At the Central Criminal Court trial, two psychiatrists testified that he was suffering from schizophrenia and acute psychosis at the time of the killing. On 21 July 2023, a jury returned a unanimous not guilty by reason of insanity verdict after 42 minutes of deliberation. Mr Justice Tony Hunt subsequently ordered his committal and continued treatment at the Central Mental Hospital in Portrane.

    Acquitted, 21 Jul 2023Accused · 5 reports

Timeline

every report naming Gareth Sheeran, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 28 Jul2023
    Acquittedthejournal.ie, in Man committed to Central Mental Hospital in Dublin murder case
    Man found not guilty of murdering father by reason of insanity committed to Central Mental Hospital
    accused, Gareth Sheeran, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gareth Sheeran
  2. 21 Jul2023
    Acquittedrte.ie, in Man committed to Central Mental Hospital in Dublin murder case
    Man not guilty of father's murder by reason of insanity
    accused, Gareth Sheeran, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gareth Sheeran
  3. 21 Jul2023
    Acquittedirishtimes.com, in Man committed to Central Mental Hospital in Dublin murder case
    Man who killed father with bayonet found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
    accused, Gareth Sheeran, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gareth Sheeran
  4. 20 Jul2023
    In courtirishtimes.com, in Man committed to Central Mental Hospital in Dublin murder case
    Man who killed father with bayonet had relapse of schizophrenia, trial hears
    accused, Gareth Sheeran, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gareth Sheeran
  5. 20 Jul2023
    In courtirishmirror.ie, in Man committed to Central Mental Hospital in Dublin murder case
    Dublin man 'stabbed father in the heart with WWII bayonet', court hears
    accused, Gareth Sheeran, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gareth Sheeran

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