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

Kieran Maher

1 report across 1 case, 16 Jun 2022 to 16 Jun 2022

Victim: Kieran Maher, Irish man (judged from name)Kieran Maher

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Assault causing harm
Where
Co. Laois
Reporting
1 report, 16 Jun 2022 to 16 Jun 2022
Outlets
leinsterexpress.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Murphy sentenced for assault causing harm at Wheatfield Prison Assault causing harm · Co. Laois

    Laurence Murphy, 44, a Dublin man, headbutted and repeatedly punched prison officer Kieran Maher at Wheatfield Prison on 10 July 2019. The attack left Maher with injuries to his nose, a bruised and swollen face, bleeding gums, trauma to his teeth, and back injuries, and he was out of work for ten months. Murphy, who was convicted of murdering Thomas Brady in Mountjoy Prison in 2002, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm. He was sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 16 June 2022, the judge reducing a four-year term in light of the guilty plea.

    Sentenced, 16 Jun 2022Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Kieran Maher, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 16 Jun2022
    Sentencedleinsterexpress.ie, in Murphy sentenced for assault causing harm at Wheatfield Prison
    Court told inmates can attack prison officers without any consequences
    victim, Kieran Maher, male, irish (judged from name)Kieran Maher

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