Ireland Named in reporting
Paul Connolly
Age not given, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 24 Sep 2024 to 24 Sep 2024
Other people with this name: born between October 1977 and June 1978 (1 case), born between August 1974 and August 1975 (1 case)
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Age not given, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Affray
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 1 report, 24 Sep 2024 to 24 Sep 2024
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for affray at Coolock protest in Dublin Affray · Co. Dublin
Christopher Byrne, 29, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in February 2025 for affray arising from a scuffle at an anti-immigration protest at the former Crown Paints factory on Malahide Road in Coolock on 6 April 2024, in which he pushed and shoved Newstalk journalist Paul Connolly. Byrne was arrested on 29 April 2024 and charged with affray, theft of Connolly's iPhone 14, and violent disorder. He pleaded guilty to the affray and to a separate assault on a prison officer at Mountjoy Prison in March 2023. The judge imposed a 21-month sentence for the affray, consecutive to a three-year term for January 2023 offences and a concurrent two-year sentence for the prison officer assault.
Sentenced, 19 Feb 2025Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Paul Connolly, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 24 Sep2024Man charged with theft of journalist's phone at protest at former Crown Paints sitevictim, Paul Connolly, irish (judged from name)Paul Connolly
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