Ireland Named in reporting
Joseph Richards
Born 1991, from the ages reported. 9 reports across 1 case, 19 Mar 2024 to 24 Feb 2026
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1991, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Conspiracy to murder
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 9 reports, 19 Mar 2024 to 24 Feb 2026
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie, thejournal.ie
Photographs
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for conspiracy to murder in Ballymun Conspiracy to murder · Co. Dublin
Robert Sheridan, a 45-year-old father of two, was shot in the head and body at the front door of his home in Poppintree Crescent, Ballymun, Dublin, on 5 October 2018. Joseph Richards, a 35-year-old man of Lanesborough Square, Finglas, was charged with murder in 2024 after a witness in April 2021 said he had confessed to the killing. Richards pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder at the Central Criminal Court on 16 January 2026. On 24 February 2026, he was sentenced to seven and a half years, with the final six months suspended, to run consecutively to his existing term of six years and five months.
Sentenced, 24 Feb 2026Convicted, accused · 9 reports
Timeline
every report naming Joseph Richards, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 24 Feb2026Shooter "meticulously planned" murder of a much-loved victim jailedconvicted, Joseph Richards, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 24 Feb2026Gunman jailed for seven years in connection with ‘meticulously planned’ murder in Ballymunconvicted, Joseph Richards, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 24 Feb2026Man jailed for seven years over fatal Ballymun shootingconvicted, Joseph Richards, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 16 Jan2026Man guilty of conspiracy to murder Dublin father in 2018convicted, Joseph Richards, 34, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 16 Jan2026Man pleads guilty to conspiracy to murder father of two who was shot dead in Dublinconvicted, Joseph Richards, 34, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 1 Jan2026Man pleads guilty to conspiracy to murder Dublin father at his homeconvicted, Joseph Richards, 34, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 19 Mar2024Man appears in court over 2018 Ballymun murderaccused, Joseph Richards, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 19 Mar2024Man (32) charged with murder of father of two in Dublin shootingaccused, Joseph Richards, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
- 19 Mar2024Man charged with murder of dad-of-two Robert Sheridan in Dublin shootingaccused, Joseph Richards, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Joseph Richards
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