Ireland Named in reporting
James O'Sullivan
Born between July 1999 and February 2000, from the ages reported. 9 reports across 7 cases, 2 Oct 2021 to 5 Mar 2026
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused, victim
- Born
- Between July 1999 and February 2000, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Attempting to impede evidence, Assault causing harm, Assault; obstructing a peace officer, Public order (breach of the peace; abusive language), Public order (threatening, Abusive and insulting behaviour), Public order; criminal damage; possession of drugs (cannabis); breach of travel regulations, Public order offence; dangerous driving; driving without licence; driving without insurance; criminal damage
- Where
- Co. Limerick, Co. Offaly
- Reporting
- 9 reports, 2 Oct 2021 to 5 Mar 2026
- Outlets
- limerickleader.ie, limerickpost.ie, offalyexpress.ie
Cases
latest first- Limerick man sentenced to two more months for attempting to impede evidence during garda search Attempting to impede evidence · Co. Limerick
During a garda search of his home at Hazel Avenue, Dromcollogher, County Limerick, James O'Sullivan (26) allegedly tried to break his mobile phone to stop it being seized, and gardaí seized €11,300 worth of MDMA, cocaine and ketamine. On February 4, Limerick Circuit Court sentenced him to four and a half years in prison with the final six months suspended for assault and drugs offences. Newcastle West District Court later heard evidence about the search, and Judge Coolican imposed a two-month sentence for attempting to impede evidence, with another charge taken into consideration. The latest development, reported in March 2026, is that this two-month sentence was added to his earlier sentence.
Sentenced, 5 Mar 2026Convicted · 1 report - Siblings sentenced for assault causing harm in Limerick Assault causing harm · Co. Limerick
On 6 January 2023, a man sitting on a stone wall in Croom village, County Limerick, was lured to a car and assaulted by James O'Sullivan, 25, with his sister Amanda O'Sullivan, 24, driving the vehicle. James O'Sullivan left the jurisdiction for the UK after a bench warrant was issued and was extradited to Ireland on 25 June 2025, where he was arrested and charged with false imprisonment and assault causing harm. He appeared by video link at Limerick District Court on 8 July 2025, and the DPP directed trial on indictment at Limerick Circuit Court. Both siblings pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court sitting in Newcastle West. James O'Sullivan was sentenced to four and a half years in prison with the final six months suspended, and Amanda O'Sullivan received a one-year sentence fully suspended.
Sentenced, 18 Feb 2026Convicted, accused · 3 reports - Offaly woman sentenced for assault and obstructing a garda in Birr Assault; obstructing a peace officer · Co. Offaly
On 22 April 2021, Celina Hehir, a 37-year-old woman from Birr, Offaly, was at her home at 23 Macregal Park when gardaí, including Sgt James O'Sullivan, called to check on the welfare of her two four-year-old twins. She subjected the officers to verbal abuse, punched one on the shoulder, and struck another on the head while being restrained. She was charged with three counts of assault and one count of obstructing a peace officer. At Tullamore Circuit Court in November 2022, she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, suspended for three years.
Sentenced, 11 Nov 2022Victim · 1 report - 37-year-old woman sentenced for breach of the peace in Tullamore Public order (breach of the peace; abusive language) · Co. Offaly
Sinead Redmond, 37, of Cloghan, was sentenced at Tullamore District Court for a breach of the peace arising from a row over a meal bill at the Canton Regent restaurant in Tullamore on 12 June 2022. She was intoxicated and unsteady when gardaí arrived at 9.15pm, and she called Sergeant James O'Sullivan a 'dirty bastard' and told him 'I hope you die.' Judge Patricia Cronin noted she had four previous convictions and was still subject to a suspended sentence, but she escaped jail. The judge said she was arrested for her own safety and that she had contacted the gardaí to apologise.
Sentenced, 21 Jul 2022Victim · 1 report - Birr man sentenced to community service for public order offence Public order (threatening · Co. Offaly
Michael Moran, 46, of Birr, Offaly, was shouting through a window at the Garda Station in Birr at 2.15am on 25 August 2020, calling the officers 'Black and Tan bastards.' Sergeant James O'Sullivan and Garda Michelle Sweeney were the officers present. A guilty plea was entered at Tullamore District Court in November 2021, and Judge Catherine Staines adjourned sentence to 2 February 2022 for a community service report. Moran was sentenced to 80 hours of community service in lieu of a three-month prison term.
In court, 25 Nov 2021Victim · 1 report - Man pleads guilty to public order and criminal damage in Tullamore Public order; criminal damage; possession of drugs (cannabis); breach of travel regulations · Co. Offaly
On 2 May 2021 at 1.50am, Stephen Callinan, 29, of Portumna, was arrested at Heffernan's filling station on O'Moore Street, Tullamore, after being found holding a glass bottle and kicking rubbish bins, and he defecated in a cell at Tullamore Garda Station, causing €200 in damage. His girlfriend, Melanie Hyland, 22, admitted public drunkenness and attempting to get into a garda patrol car on the same night. Callinan pleaded guilty at Tullamore District Court in October 2021 to public order offences, criminal damage, possession of cannabis, and breaching Covid-19 travel regulations. Judge Catherine Staines adjourned sentencing to 9 February 2022 for a probation report and directed €200 in compensation to one of the gardaí who were abused.
In court, 22 Jul 2021Victim · 1 report - Man sentenced for stone-throwing and dangerous driving in Tullamore Public order offence; dangerous driving; driving without licence; driving without insurance; criminal damage · Co. Offaly
Thomas Power, of 47 Grand Canal Court, Tullamore, was charged with throwing stones over a wall at Garda vehicles at the rear of Tullamore Garda Station at 1.22am on 31 August 2021, and with driving dangerously around Tullamore without a licence or insurance on 27 February 2021. Sergeant James O'Sullivan gave evidence about the stone-throwing incident. Power pleaded guilty to all charges, including public order offences, dangerous driving, driving without licence, driving without insurance, and criminal damage. In October 2021, Judge Catherine Staines adjourned sentencing for a probation report. In March 2023, Judge Andrew Cody sentenced Power to three months' imprisonment suspended for three years, a four-year driving disqualification, a €400 fine, and 12 months with the Probation Service.
Sentenced, 10 Mar 2023Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming James O'Sullivan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 5 Mar2026Limerick man has time added onto his prison sentence for offence committed during a garda house searchconvicted, James O'Sullivan, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 18 Feb2026Limerick siblings lured a man into a car for a 'targeted' attack with 'no escape' for himconvicted, James O'Sullivan, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 18 Jul2025Limerick man extradited from UK on false imprisonment and assault chargesaccused, James O'Sullivan, 25, male, named, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 12 Jul2025Limerick man extradited from UK appears in court on false imprisonment and assault chargesaccused, James O'Sullivan, 25, male, named, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 11 Nov2022Offaly woman convicted of three counts of assaultvictim, James O'Sullivan, male, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 21 Jul2022Woman in row over Chinese meal bill in Tullamore told garda 'I hope you die'victim, James O'Sullivan, male, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 25 Nov2021Man called gardaí 'black and tans' in Offaly town incidentvictim, James O'Sullivan, male, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 24 Oct2021Drunken man in Tullamore with bottle in his hand told gardai he had Covid-19victim, James O'Sullivan, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
- 2 Oct2021Tullamore teenager in court after throwing rock at moving garda carvictim, James O'Sullivan, male, irish (judged from name)James O'Sullivan
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