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

Grainne Dillon

Born between June 1997 and June 1998, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 1 case, 20 Jun 2022 to 22 Jun 2022

Victim: Grainne Dillon, Irish woman, 24 (judged from name)Grainne Dillon

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between June 1997 and June 1998, from the ages reported
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Limerick
Reporting
3 reports, 20 Jun 2022 to 22 Jun 2022
Outlets
limerickpost.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Limerick murder victim Grainne Dillon
Limerick murder victim Grainne Dillon
Photocredit not given by the outletvia limerickpost.ie, 22 Jun 2022

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Cases

latest first
  • Convicted murderer in High Court challenge over parole, Limerick Murder · Co. Limerick

    Paulo Nascimento, a 46-year-old Portuguese man, pleaded guilty in 2003 to shooting Grainne Dillon, a 24-year-old woman, three times with a shotgun at Jury's Inn Hotel, Steamboat Quay, Limerick, on 5 January 2002, after robbing €3,000 from the hotel. He was sentenced to life at the Central Criminal Court. In early 2021, a parole board recommended his temporary release, stating the risk of re-offending was as low as it can get and keeping him in custody was no longer productive. Nascimento has now brought a High Court challenge over the Minister for Justice's refusal to consider his entitlement to temporary release, with the matter set to return before the court in October 2022.

    In court, 20 Jun 2022Victim · 3 reports

Timeline

every report naming Grainne Dillon, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 22 Jun2022
    In courtlimerickpost.ie, in Convicted murderer in High Court challenge over parole, Limerick
    Limerick hotel killer takes High Court case over parole application
    victim, Grainne Dillon, 24, irish (judged from name)Grainne Dillon
  2. 20 Jun2022
    In courtirishtimes.com, in Convicted murderer in High Court challenge over parole, Limerick
    Convicted murderer challenges Minister for Justice’s refusal to decide on bail application
    victim, Grainne Dillon, 24, female, irish (judged from name)Grainne Dillon
  3. 20 Jun2022
    In courtrte.ie, in Convicted murderer in High Court challenge over parole, Limerick
    Convicted murderer in court challenge over parole bid
    victim, Grainne Dillon, 24, female, irish (judged from name)Grainne Dillon

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