Ireland Named in reporting
Martin Kenny
Born between March 2002 and March 2003, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 4 cases, 27 Oct 2021 to 23 Jun 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, victim
- Born
- Between March 2002 and March 2003, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Possession of child pornography, Threatening communications and menacing calls; cannabis cultivation and possession, Endangerment, Threat (to shoot a garda; threat to Leinster House)
- Where
- Co. Wicklow, Co. Tipperary, Co. Leitrim, Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 27 Oct 2021 to 23 Jun 2024
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, irishmirror.ie, galwaybeo.ie, extra.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man found not guilty of threatening messages charges in Nenagh Threatening communications and menacing calls; cannabis cultivation and possession · Co. Tipperary
Joseph Ballantine, 48, of Grangelough, Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary, was charged with five threatening communications offences, two non-fatal offences, and two cannabis cultivation and possession offences following alleged messages to Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny, TD David Stanton and TD Seamus Healy in October 2019. Gardaí arrested him at his home after executing a search warrant. At the Circuit Court in Nenagh, the search warrant was ruled invalid, so the case could not proceed on the evidence. The trial, expected to last two weeks, ended with Ballantine found not guilty of all charges by direction of the court.
Acquitted, 23 Jun 2024Victim · 1 report - Wicklow man sentenced for possessing child pornography on smartphone Possession of child pornography · Co. Wicklow
Martin Kenny, a 21-year-old shop assistant from Avonbeg Heights, Ballinaclash, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, was the suspect in a case of possessing child pornography on devices at his home on July 14, 2021. Gardaí became aware of the offences after the US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children alerted them to suspicious activity on a Snapchat account, and a search warrant led to two devices, including a smartphone, being seized. The charges were brought under Section 6 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998, and Kenny pleaded guilty to two of them. On March 22, 2024, at Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison with the final 12 months suspended, though one article's lead gives the sentence as six months, and he was ordered to be supervised by the Probation Service during the suspended term. No victim is identified in the reports.
Sentenced, 22 Mar 2024Convicted · 1 report - Man arrested on suspicion of endangerment at Aughavas, Co. Leitrim Endangerment · Co. Leitrim
A vehicle drove at speed through the closed electric gates of Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny's home in Aughavas, Co. Leitrim, at approximately 2am on 29 September 2022, narrowly missing the house and driving through the garage doors. Kenny was at home with his wife at the time, though one report said his wife was at home alone. The driver was taken to Cavan General Hospital to be treated for injuries. A man in his late 40s was arrested on the morning of 30 September 2022 on suspicion of endangerment and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Carrick-on-Shannon Garda station, where investigations are ongoing.
Arrested, 29 Sep 2022Victim · 2 reports - Phone threat to shoot garda at Leinster House under investigation Threat (to shoot a garda; threat to Leinster House) · Co. Dublin
A caller phoned the office of Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny at Leinster House on 26 October 2021 at around 11am and threatened to shoot through the gates and gun down a garda. A member of parliamentary staff answered the phone. Sinn Féin reported the incident to Gardaí, who confirmed it is under investigation. The Dáil was in recess at the time of the threat.
Reported, 27 Oct 2021Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Martin Kenny, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 23 Jun2024‘Hopefully you are executed’: Man accused of sending threatening messages to three TDs found not guiltyvictim, Martin Kenny, male, irish (judged from name)Martin Kenny
- 22 Mar2024Wicklow man, 21, jailed for having child abuse images on his smartphoneconvicted, Martin Kenny, 21, male, named, irish (judged from name)Martin Kenny
- 30 Sep2022Man arrested after car crashes through gates at Sinn Féin TD’s homevictim, Martin Kenny, male, irish (judged from name)Martin Kenny
- 30 Sep2022Gardai investigating as car crashes through gates of well-known TD's homevictim, Martin Kenny, male, irish (judged from name)Martin Kenny
- 27 Oct2021Investigation as caller phones Sinn Féin TD with plan to gun down gardaí - Extra.ievictim, Martin Kenny, male, irish (judged from name)Martin Kenny
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