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

Kevin Braney

Born 1976, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 21 Mar 2025 to 20 Jun 2026

Suspect: Kevin Braney, Irish man, 49 (judged from name)Kevin Braney

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Born
1976, from the ages reported
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Meath
Reporting
2 reports, 21 Mar 2025 to 20 Jun 2026
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Kevin Braney, the leader of the New IRA in Dublin, was found guilty of murder by the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court of murder in February 2019.
Kevin Braney, the leader of the New IRA in Dublin, was found guilty of murder by the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court of murder in February 2019.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishtimes.com, 20 Jun 2026

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Cases

latest first
  • Appeal dismissed in Gormanston murder case Murder · Co. Meath

    Peter Butterly, a 35-year-old dissident republican and father of three, was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn pub in Gormanston, Co Meath, on 6 March 2013. Dean Evans, 32, pleaded guilty to the murder and was identified as the gunman who fired the three fatal shots, while Kevin Braney, 49, was found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in February 2019. Sharif Kelly, 54, who was to drive the getaway car, was sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2017. The Court of Appeal dismissed Braney's appeal against his murder conviction in June 2026, upholding the admissibility of a KFC surveillance recording.

    In court, 4 Feb 2025Convicted · 2 reports

Timeline

every report naming Kevin Braney, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 20 Jun2026
    In courtirishtimes.com, in Appeal dismissed in Gormanston murder case
    Murderer’s privacy rights not breached by surveillance at KFC, court rules
    convicted, Kevin Braney, 49, male, named, irish (judged from name)Kevin Braney
  2. 21 Mar2025
    In courtirishtimes.com, in Appeal dismissed in Gormanston murder case
    Privacy rights of murderer ‘breached when gardaí used surveillance to listen to him at KFC’, Court of Appeal hears
    convicted, Kevin Braney, 49, male, named, irish (judged from name)Kevin Braney

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