Ireland Named in reporting
Martin McCarthy
Age not given, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 2 cases, 8 Jun 2022 to 7 Dec 2022
Other people with this name: born between September 2006 and September 2007 (1 case), born 1989 (1 case)
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Suspect
- Born
- Age not given, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Drug dealing (possession of cocaine for supply), Murder
- Where
- Co. Donegal, Co. Cork
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 8 Jun 2022 to 7 Dec 2022
- Outlets
- donegallive.ie, extra.ie
Cases
latest first- Letterkenny woman pleads guilty to cocaine dealing charge Drug dealing (possession of cocaine for supply) · Co. Donegal
Gardaí attached to Letterkenny searched four properties across Donegal on 6 December 2022 as part of Operation Tara and arrested six people, three men and three women aged from late teens to early 40s. Five of the arrested, including 18-year-old David Orr and 28-year-old woman Priscilla Connors of Ballymacool Wood, Letterkenny, were charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act with possession of cocaine and ecstasy for sale or supply. All five were granted bail at Letterkenny District Court on 7 December 2022. Connors later appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court in May 2026, where she pleaded guilty to the cocaine charge and the case was adjourned to the October sitting.
In court, 7 Dec 2022Suspect · 1 report - Body of murdered toddler exhumed in west Cork Murder · Co. Cork
On 5 March 2013, Martin McCarthy drowned his three-year-old daughter Clarissa McCarthy in Audley Cove, west Cork, before taking his own life. McCarthy had been changing his will from early February 2013 and left a suicide note for his wife Rebecca Saunders, who was planning to divorce him. In June 2022, nine years later, Clarissa's remains were exhumed from Schull cemetery at 4.30 am on a Friday morning and cremated at the Island Crematorium in Ringaskiddy, ending a nine-year campaign by her mother to bring her home to the US.
No stage yetSuspect · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Martin McCarthy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 7 Dec2022Breaking news: Five in court after drug raids in Letterkennysuspect, Martin McCarthy, male, named, irish (judged from name)Martin McCarthy
- 8 Jun2022Mum of Clarissa McCarthy 'full of emotion' after body of toddler killed by father exhumed - Extra.iesuspect, Martin McCarthy, male, named, irish (judged from name)Martin McCarthy
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