Ireland Named in reporting
Matthew Lafferty
Born 1992, from the ages reported. 9 reports across 2 cases, 6 Sep 2022 to 31 May 2026
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1992, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Aggravated burglary, Threats to kill or cause serious harm, And burglary, Burglary and criminal damage
- Where
- Co. Donegal
- Reporting
- 9 reports, 6 Sep 2022 to 31 May 2026
- Outlets
- donegallive.ie
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Cases
latest first- Letterkenny pair sentenced over aggravated burglary and threats to kill Aggravated burglary · Co. Donegal
On 1 June 2022, man Matthew Lafferty, 30, and woman Amanda Coleman, 37, were involved in an incident at Robinsons Hall, Port Road, Letterkenny, where Lafferty held a hammer to a woman's head and Coleman made threats to kill two people. The pair were also charged over a spate of burglaries at seven commercial premises in Letterkenny on 20 September 2024. Identified from CCTV and arrested at Letterkenny Bus Station, they each faced 13 charges including aggravated burglary and threats to kill or cause serious harm. Both pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court in February 2025, and Lafferty admitted three further burglary charges in November 2025. In May 2026, Lafferty was sentenced to eight and a half years' imprisonment with part suspended, while Coleman received a fully suspended four-and-a-half-year sentence.
Sentenced, 31 May 2026Convicted, accused · 5 reports - Pair sent for trial over Letterkenny burglaries and criminal damage Burglary and criminal damage · Co. Donegal
Matthew Lafferty, a 33-year-old man, and Amanda Coleman, a 39-year-old woman, are charged with six burglaries at Letterkenny businesses and criminal damage of €700 to a tanning salon, with the main offences on September 20, 2024. Lafferty was charged in September 2024 and refused bail, while Coleman was charged in December 2024 and granted bail with a curfew. The DPP directed trial on indictment in February 2025, and both were sent forward to Letterkenny Circuit Court. Books of evidence were served in April 2025, with the trial set for May 2025.
In court, 24 Sep 2024Accused · 4 reports
Timeline
every report naming Matthew Lafferty, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 31 May2026Letterkenny pair sentenced after apartment block threats and business break-insconvicted, Matthew Lafferty, 34, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 8 Nov2025Man admits to spate of Letterkenny burglaries during court appearanceconvicted, Matthew Lafferty, 33, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 29 Apr2025Pair sent for trial over spate of Letterkenny burglariesaccused, Matthew Lafferty, 33, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 21 Feb2025Letterkenny pair to stand trial for spate of burglariesaccused, Matthew Lafferty, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 12 Feb2025Letterkenny duo plead guilty to making threats to kill during burglaryconvicted, Matthew Lafferty, 32, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 2 Oct2024Further remand for man charged over Letterkenny theft spreeaccused, Matthew Lafferty, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 24 Sep2024Man charged with spate of Letterkenny burglaries refused bailaccused, Matthew Lafferty, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 26 Jan2023Pair to stand trial over threats to kill with hammeraccused, Matthew Lafferty, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
- 6 Sep2022Donegal man to stand trial over hammer incidentaccused, Matthew Lafferty, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Lafferty
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