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

Joe Cummins

1 report across 1 case, 23 Sep 2021 to 23 Sep 2021

Victim: Joe Cummins, Irish man (judged from name)Joe Cummins

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 23 Sep 2021 to 23 Sep 2021
Outlets
irishmirror.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Murderer Shay Wildes released after 18 years for Tallaght killing Murder · Co. Dublin

    Shay Wildes shot Joe Cummins in the head with a .22 semi-automatic handgun outside the Dragon Inn pub in Tallaght, Dublin, on 26 December 2001, wishing him a Merry Christmas before firing. Wildes was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences in September 2003, one for murder and one for possession of the handgun, plus 10 and five years on two further counts of possession of ammunition. He was acquitted of the 2003 murder of Declan Griffin in Inchicore. Wildes was released from Shelton Abbey Prison in Arklow, Co Wicklow, in September 2021 after serving 18 years, having been granted temporary weekend releases over the preceding year, and moved to a caravan site in County Wexford.

    No stage yetVictim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Joe Cummins, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 23 Sep2021
    Otheririshmirror.ie, in Murderer Shay Wildes released after 18 years for Tallaght killing
    'Merry Christmas' murderer walks free and 'moves to quiet countryside site'
    victim, Joe Cummins, male, irish (judged from name)Joe Cummins

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