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

Garreth Bannon

Born between April 1974 and April 1975, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 11 Apr 2025 to 17 Apr 2025

Suspect: Garreth Bannon, Irish man, 50 (judged from name)Garreth Bannon

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Born
Between April 1974 and April 1975, from the ages reported
Offences
Rape
Where
Co. Kildare
Reporting
2 reports, 11 Apr 2025 to 17 Apr 2025
Outlets
kildarenow.com, irishmirror.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Garreth Bannon, aged 50, of Gurteeneona, Monasterevin, County Kildare was handed a seven year sentence with the final 12 months suspended | FILE PHOTO
Garreth Bannon, aged 50, of Gurteeneona, Monasterevin, County Kildare was handed a seven year sentence with the final 12 months suspended | FILE PHOTO
Photocredit not given by the outletvia kildarenow.com, 17 Apr 2025

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Cases

latest first
  • Kildare firefighter Garreth Bannon jailed for seven years for raping teenage daughter Rape · Co. Kildare

    Garreth Bannon (50), of Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, a former firefighter, raped his biological daughter on an unknown date between January and September 2015, when she was 18, after meeting her in a pub where he bought her drinks. The victim had first met him when she was in her mid-teens and now lives abroad. Bannon denied the allegations when interviewed by gardaí but later pleaded guilty to rape shortly before the trial date. On 11 April 2025 at the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced him to seven years with the final 12 months suspended for five years, plus two years of Probation Services supervision after release, a sentence reported on 17 April 2025.

    Sentenced, 11 Apr 2025Convicted · 2 reports

Timeline

every report naming Garreth Bannon, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 17 Apr2025
    Sentencedkildarenow.com, in Kildare firefighter Garreth Bannon jailed for seven years for raping teenage daughter
    Former Kildare firefighter jailed for 'repugnant' rape of his teenage daughter
    convicted, Garreth Bannon, 50, male, named, irish (judged from name)Garreth Bannon
  2. 11 Apr2025
    Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Kildare firefighter Garreth Bannon jailed for seven years for raping teenage daughter
    Firefighter jailed for raping teenage daughter after buying her drinks in pub
    convicted, Garreth Bannon, 50, male, named, irish (judged from name)Garreth Bannon

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