Named in reporting

Joseph McDonagh

Born between October 1985 and June 1986, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 2 cases, 27 Oct 2021 to 7 Jun 2026

Other people with this name: born between February 2001 and February 2002 (1 case)

Suspect: Joseph McDonagh, Irish man, 39 (judged from name)Joseph McDonagh

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Born
Between October 1985 and June 1986, from the ages reported
Offences
Robbery, Public order (failing to comply with directions of a peace officer; threatening and abusive behaviour)
Where
Co. Longford, Co. Leitrim
Reporting
3 reports, 27 Oct 2021 to 7 Jun 2026
Outlets
longfordleader.ie, leitrimobserver.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Two men sentenced for robbery of elderly man in Longford Robbery · Co. Longford

    Two men allegedly robbed an 84-year-old man (reports differ: 85) of €90 in cash (reports differ: €75) in the Market Square area of Longford town in the early hours of 4 July 2025, after he left a pub. Charles Reilly, a man aged 31 (reports differ: 33), and Joseph McDonagh, a man aged 39, were arrested on 8 July 2025 and charged with the robbery. Both men pleaded guilty at Longford Circuit Court in November 2025 and were remanded in custody for sentencing. In June 2026, Judge Connolly sentenced McDonagh to three years and two months and Reilly to four years and three months, the latter to run consecutively to a nine-month sentence he was already serving.

    Sentenced, 7 Jun 2026Convicted · 2 reports
  • Man jailed for public order offence on bus in Carrick-on-Shannon Public order (failing to comply with directions of a peace officer; threatening and abusive behaviour) · Co. Leitrim

    On 10 May 2020, Joseph McDonagh, a 36-year-old man of no fixed abode, was abusive to a Bus Éireann driver and headbutted the window at Townparks, Carrick-on-Shannon. He had to be dragged off the bus and refused to leave the area when asked. He pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the directions of a peace officer and to using threatening and abusive behaviour. On 27 October 2021, Judge Deirdre Gearty at Carrick-on-Shannon District Court jailed him for two months, concurrent with his existing custody term, with the threatening and abusive behaviour charge taken into consideration. The defendant has 151 previous convictions.

    Sentenced, 27 Oct 2021Convicted · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Joseph McDonagh, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 7 Jun2026
    ‘I no longer feel safe’: Longford pair jailed for callous robbery of man (84)
    convicted, Joseph McDonagh, 39, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph McDonagh
  2. 16 Nov2025
    ‘No excuse whatsoever’ for Longford town robbery by drug abusing pair on 85 year-old man
    convicted, Joseph McDonagh, 39, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph McDonagh
  3. 27 Oct2021
    Defendant who failed to stay on the 'straight and narrow' appears at Leitrim court
    convicted, Joseph McDonagh, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph McDonagh

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