Ireland Named in reporting
Gerard Sammon
Born 1975, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 2 cases, 26 Feb 2025 to 30 Dec 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- 1975, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault causing harm, Assault causing harm (section three)
- Where
- Co. Longford
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 26 Feb 2025 to 30 Dec 2025
- Outlets
- longfordleader.ie, offalyexpress.ie
Cases
latest first- Longford man jailed for assaulting driver in Granard Assault causing harm · Co. Longford
On 30 October 2024, Gerard Sammon (49), of Bunlahy, Longford, assaulted a male motorist on Main Street, Granard, after a verbal argument over a traffic collision in which the motorist's car was said to have been scratched. The injured man attended Cavan hospital with facial bruising and was reported to have a mild head injury and soft tissue damage. Sammon pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at Longford District Court, and the court was told he had six previous convictions. The latest report, published on 30 December 2025, says he was sentenced to 10 months in custody, to run concurrently with his existing sentence.
Sentenced, 20 Dec 2025Convicted · 2 reports - Man sentenced for steel bar assault causing harm in Longford Assault causing harm (section three) · Co. Longford
On 14 March 2024, Gerard Sammon, a 50-year-old man from Bunlahy, Aughakilmore, Co Longford, struck plumber Paul McGinn on the left side of his head and ear with a 16-inch reinforced steel bar at Cranally, Granard, after following him home from a Granard bar following a dispute over plumbing work and payment. Sammon pleaded guilty to section three assault causing harm and trespassing with an offensive weapon at Longford Circuit Court in February 2025 and was ordered to pay €10,000 in compensation as a pre-sentence condition. In August 2025, Judge Kenneth Connolly sentenced Sammon to three years' imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended for three years post-release, noting premeditation and the severity of the injuries.
Sentenced, 2 Aug 2025Convicted · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Gerard Sammon, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 30 Dec2025Longford man who followed and assaulted driver who 'scratched' friend's car is jailedconvicted, Gerard Sammon, 49, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gerard Sammon
- 20 Dec2025North Longford man jailed for assaulting driver who 'scratched' against friend's carconvicted, Gerard Sammon, 49, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gerard Sammon
- 2 Aug2025Longford man jailed for steel bar assault following altercation in pub over plumbing jobconvicted, Gerard Sammon, 50, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gerard Sammon
- 28 Feb2025Man 'lost the plot' and attacked victim with 16 inch reinforced steel barconvicted, Gerard Sammon, 49, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gerard Sammon
- 26 Feb2025Longford man 'lost the plot' and attacked victim with iron barconvicted, Gerard Sammon, 49, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gerard Sammon
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