Ireland Named in reporting
Mark McCallon
4 reports across 2 cases, 23 Nov 2023 to 12 Sep 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Assault causing harm, Assault; resisting arrest; refusing to provide a sample; road traffic offences
- Where
- Co. Offaly
- Reporting
- 4 reports, 23 Nov 2023 to 12 Sep 2025
- Outlets
- offalyexpress.ie
Cases
latest first- Suspended sentence for man convicted of assaulting garda in Tullamore Assault causing harm · Co. Offaly
On 2 June 2024, James Shanley, 36, from Ballinagar, Offaly, head-butted Garda Mark McCallon while handcuffed at Tullamore Garda Station, causing a swollen lip, headache and nausea that kept the garda off duty for two months. Shanley had been ejected from a bar and was shouting abuse in O'Connor Square before being brought to the station. He was convicted in March 2025 after Judge Andrew Cody viewed CCTV footage and rejected the defence that the assault was accidental. In September 2025, Shanley was sentenced to a suspended three-month term and ordered to pay €5,000 in compensation.
Sentenced, 11 Sep 2025Victim · 3 reports - Man sentenced for assault and resisting arrest in Tullamore Assault; resisting arrest; refusing to provide a sample; road traffic offences · Co. Offaly
On 26 March 2023 at 3.25am, a vehicle was seen swerving on Church Road, Tullamore, and the driver, Michael Donovan, 37, of Ballard, Kilbeggan, was found to have slurred speech. He resisted arrest, kicked at gardaí, and assaulted Garda Mark McCallon, then refused to provide a blood or urine sample at Tullamore Garda Station. Donovan was charged with assault, resisting arrest, refusing to provide a sample, and road traffic offences. He was sentenced at Tullamore District Court to a €300 fine and four-year driving disqualification for the road traffic charges and a €1,000 fine for the assault and resisting arrest charges, with the case adjourned to 20 November 2023 for payment.
Sentenced, 23 Nov 2023Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Mark McCallon, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 12 Sep2025Suspended sentence for Offaly man convicted of assaulting Garda in Tullamorevictim, Mark McCallon, male, irish (judged from name)Mark McCallon
- 11 Sep2025Suspended sentence after Offaly assault on gardavictim, Mark McCallon, male, irish (judged from name)Mark McCallon
- 26 Mar2025Offaly man convicted of assaulting garda in Tullamore Garda Station after judge views CCTVvictim, Mark McCallon, male, irish (judged from name)Mark McCallon
- 23 Nov2023Man resisted arrest and refused to provide urine samplevictim, Mark McCallon, irish (judged from name)Mark McCallon
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