Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Born

Between October 1990 and April 1991, from the ages reported

Offences

Assault, Possession of a knife

Where

Co. Laois, Co. Offaly

Reporting

2 reports, 17 Apr 2025 to 21 Oct 2026

Outlets

leinsterexpress.ie, offalyexpress.ie

• Three remanded on bail over Portlaoise cemetery violent disorder Assault · Co. Laois

  A brawl involving close to 50 people broke out at the annual cemetery Mass at St Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Portlaoise, Co Laois, on 31 May 2026, with knives and other weapons brandished. A man in his 40s and a juvenile were treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Four males were arrested on the day, and Gerard McInerney, 38, Daniel McInerney, 31, two 17-year-old boys, and Helen Ward, 35, were charged in connection with the incident. All four arrested males appeared before Portlaoise District Court on 1 June 2026 and were remanded on bail. At a hearing on 21 October 2026, affray charges were replaced with violent disorder, three adults were remanded on bail to 23 November, one 17-year-old was adjourned to 2 November, and a second 17-year-old's charge was withdrawn after juvenile diversion.

  In court, 1 Jun 2026Accused · 1 report
• Offaly woman pleads guilty to possessing a knife in Kilcruttin Possession of a knife · Co. Offaly

  Helen Ward, a 34-year-old woman from Bay 16, Kilcruttin Halting Site, Tullamore, County Offaly, was stopped by gardaí while driving to the shops in Kilcruttin on 21 March 2025. She pleaded guilty to possessing a knife with a sharply pointed blade at Tullamore Court during the sitting in the week before 17 April 2025. Judge Andrew Cody ordered 80 hours of community service, to be completed within 12 months, in lieu of a prison sentence, and ordered the knife destroyed. The sentence was reported on 17 April 2025.

  Sentenced, 17 Apr 2025Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 21 Oct2026
   In courtleinsterexpress.ie, in Three remanded on bail over Portlaoise cemetery violent disorder

   Five in court over distressing Portlaoise cemetery violence

   accused, Helen Ward, 35, female, named, irish (judged from name)Helen Ward♀35IE
2. 17 Apr2025
   Sentencedoffalyexpress.ie, in Offaly woman pleads guilty to possessing a knife in Kilcruttin

   Offaly woman pleads guilty to being in possession of a knife

   convicted, Helen Ward, 34, female, named, irish (judged from name)Helen Ward♀34IE

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