Ireland Named in reporting
James 'Jimmy' Donoghue
Born between June 1957 and June 1958, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 3 Jun 2025 to 3 Jun 2025
Other people with this name: born 2003 (2 cases), born between March 1952 and March 1953 (1 case), born between February 1985 and February 1986 (1 case), born 1971-1981 (1 case)
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Between June 1957 and June 1958, from the ages reported
- Offences
- False imprisonment, Robbery
- Where
- Co. Offaly
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 3 Jun 2025 to 3 Jun 2025
- Outlets
- longfordleader.ie, rte.ie
Cases
latest first- Man jailed for seven years for false imprisonment in Offaly False imprisonment · Co. Offaly
On 26 February 2024, four men including Patrick McDonagh, 24, a man from Ballymun, Dublin, entered the home of James (Jimmy) Donoghue, 67, a man, in Walsh Island, Co Offaly, where they assaulted him, tied him up with a necktie, and robbed him of €1,000, a bank card and a bank book. Gardaí were called by the victim's brother shortly before 8pm that evening. McDonagh was identified as the driver of a Ford Focus seen near the scene, and bloodstained clothing matching the victim was found on him. He pleaded guilty to false imprisonment at Tullamore Circuit Criminal Court. On 3 June 2025, Judge Keenan Johnson sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment, reduced from a headline of ten years, with no part suspended due to a prior suspended sentence for drug possession.
Sentenced, 3 Jun 2025Victim · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming James 'Jimmy' Donoghue, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 3 Jun2025Terrorised: Dublin man jailed for seven years for beating up and robbing Midlands pensionervictim, James (Jimmy) Donoghue, 67, male, irish (judged from name)James (Jimmy) Donoghue
- 3 Jun20257 years jail for man for false imprisonment of pensionervictim, James 'Jimmy' Donoghue, 67, male, irish (judged from name)James 'Jimmy' Donoghue
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