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

Leona Tiernan

1 report across 1 case, 31 May 2023 to 31 May 2023

Victim: Leona Tiernan, Irish woman (judged from name)Leona Tiernan

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Threatening to kill
Where
Co. Longford
Reporting
1 report, 31 May 2023 to 31 May 2023
Outlets
longfordleader.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced for threatening to kill garda in Longford Threatening to kill · Co. Longford

    On 12 June 2022, a phone call was made to Edgeworthstown Garda station asking for Garda Leona Tiernan, with the caller saying they were going to get her, followed by a second call to Irishtown Garda station in the early hours of 13 June. Steven Smith, a 48-year-old man from Kilsonna, Granard, was arrested by the Armed Response Unit under section 5 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act. He pleaded guilty at Longford Circuit Court to threatening to kill Garda Tiernan, while a cannabis cultivation charge was entered as a nolle prosequi. Smith was sentenced to 18 months in custody, with the final year suspended for five years on conditions including keeping the peace and making a €500 charity donation.

    Sentenced, 31 May 2023Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Leona Tiernan, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 31 May2023
    Sentencedlongfordleader.ie, in Man sentenced for threatening to kill garda in Longford
    Custodial sentence for Longford man who threatened to kill garda
    victim, Leona Tiernan, female, irish (judged from name)Leona Tiernan

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