Ireland Named in reporting
Matthew Cummins
Born between December 1993 and June 1994, from the ages reported. 19 reports across 2 cases, 13 Jul 2021 to 13 Dec 2023
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused, suspect
- Born
- Between December 1993 and June 1994, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Criminal damage, Impeding apprehension (cover-up of murder)
- Where
- Co. Offaly
- Reporting
- 19 reports, 13 Jul 2021 to 13 Dec 2023
- Outlets
- longfordleader.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, offalyexpress.ie, kildarenow.com, irishtimes.com, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Midlands man jailed for one year after suspended sentence revoked over Edenderry criminal damage Criminal damage · Co. Offaly
Matthew Cummins (29), an Offaly man, pleaded guilty to criminal damage after he and another man forced the door of a couple's apartment in Edenderry on 29 May 2022, an offence caught on CCTV. He was sentenced on 5 December 2023 to two and a half years with the final year suspended. The judge then revoked the two-year suspension and imposed a one-year jail term backdated to 5 December 2023 with nothing suspended, a decision reported on 12 December 2023 as a "further chance". Cummins has 69 recorded convictions and had admitted his role in the 2014 murder of Dooley, including trying to burn the body, and the one-year jail term reported in December 2023 is the latest development.
Sentenced, 12 Dec 2023Convicted · 3 reports - Sentence cut for impeding apprehension in Edenderry murder cover-up Impeding apprehension (cover-up of murder) · Co. Offaly
Thomas 'Toddy' Dooley, a 64-year-old man, was beaten to death with a baseball bat at his home in Edenderry, Co Offaly, on 12 February 2014 by Sean Davy, while Matthew Cummins and James Davy helped cover up the killing by attempting to set the body on fire and disposing of the weapon. All three men were convicted of murder at a Central Criminal Court trial in 2016 and sentenced to life in prison. In July 2021, the Court of Appeal quashed the murder convictions of Cummins and James Davy, finding no evidence of a joint enterprise to kill, and substituted convictions for impeding the apprehension of Sean Davy. James Davy was sentenced to nine years in September 2021 and released, and in June 2023 the Court of Appeal reduced his sentence to eight years with the final two suspended, marked as served. Sean Davy's murder conviction stands and he is serving a life sentence.
Sentenced, 2 Sep 2021Convicted, accused, suspect · 16 reports
Timeline
every report naming Matthew Cummins, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 13 Dec2023Midlands man who tried to burn murder victim given 'further chance' by judgeconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 12 Dec2023Midlands man who tried to burn murder victim given 'further chance' by judgeconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 29, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 12 Dec2023Offaly man who tried to burn murder victim's body given 'further chance' by judgeconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 20 Jun2023Man who covered up Midlands murder has sentence cutconvicted, Mathew Cummins, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mathew Cummins
- 16 Sep2021Man wrongly convicted of Edenderry murder is released from prisonsuspect, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 16 Sep2021Man who had murder conviction quashed is released from prisonconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 3 Sep2021Man who helped to dispose of weapon in Offaly murder released from prisonconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 3 Sep2021Man who helped to dispose of weapon in midlands murder is released from jailconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 2 Sep2021Kildare man who helped to dispose of murder weapon in Edenderry case is releasedsuspect, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 6 Aug2021Man who had conviction for murder of midlands man quashed released on bailconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 6 Aug2021Bail granted to Kildare man who had conviction for murder of Offaly man quashedconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 6 Aug2021Bail granted to Kildare man who had conviction for murder of Edenderry 64-year-old quashedaccused, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 15 Jul2021Efforts to burn body of murdered midlands man were 'reprehensible and deeply unsavoury'suspect, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 15 Jul2021Efforts to burn body of murdered Midlands man and dispose of incriminating items were 'reprehensible and deeply unsavoury'convicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 15 Jul2021Two men who had convictions quashed for 'savage' murder of an Offaly grandfather were not in a 'joint enterprise' to killconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 14 Jul2021Two have convictions quashed over 2014 Offaly murdersuspect, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 13 Jul2021Two men jailed for life for murder of Co Offaly man have convictions quashedconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 13 Jul2021Two men have convictions quashed for Offaly murderaccused, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
- 13 Jul2021Midlands men jailed for life for murdering a grandfather with a baseball bat have convictions overturnedconvicted, Matthew Cummins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Cummins
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