Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused

Born

Between August 2004 and August 2005, from the ages reported

Offences

Organised criminal activity (unspecified)

Where

Co. Louth

Reporting

1 report, 20 Aug 2025 to 20 Aug 2025

Outlets

rte.ie

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• Man arrested in Drogheda, Co. Louth, under Operation Stratus organised crime investigation Organised criminal activity (unspecified) · Co. Louth

  Matthew Mooney, a 20-year-old man from Moneymore, Drogheda, was arrested on 19 August 2025 as part of Operation Stratus, an ongoing investigation into organised criminal activity in Drogheda, Co. Louth and surrounding areas. He is charged with seven offences under Section 73 of the Criminal Justice Act, alleging he committed a serious offence for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal organisation, as well as possessing a mobile phone for the commissioning of a drug trafficking offence. All offences are alleged to have occurred in Drogheda between December 2023 and February 2024. Mooney appeared at Dundalk District Court on 20 August 2025, where Judge Stephanie Coggans remanded him in custody as bail could not be applied for the Section 73 offences, and he is due to appear again via video-link the following week.

  In court, 20 Aug 2025Accused · 1 report

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1. 20 Aug2025
   In courtrte.ie, in Man arrested in Drogheda, Co. Louth, under Operation Stratus organised crime investigation

   Man charged with facilitation of organised crime in Louth

   accused, Matthew Mooney, 20, male, named, irish (judged from name)Matthew Mooney♂20IE

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