Ireland Named in reporting
Paul McGinn
2 reports across 1 case, 26 Feb 2025 to 28 Feb 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Assault causing harm (section three)
- Where
- Co. Longford
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 26 Feb 2025 to 28 Feb 2025
- Outlets
- offalyexpress.ie, longfordleader.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for steel bar assault causing harm in Longford Assault causing harm (section three) · Co. Longford
On 14 March 2024, Gerard Sammon, a 50-year-old man from Bunlahy, Aughakilmore, Co Longford, struck plumber Paul McGinn on the left side of his head and ear with a 16-inch reinforced steel bar at Cranally, Granard, after following him home from a Granard bar following a dispute over plumbing work and payment. Sammon pleaded guilty to section three assault causing harm and trespassing with an offensive weapon at Longford Circuit Court in February 2025 and was ordered to pay €10,000 in compensation as a pre-sentence condition. In August 2025, Judge Kenneth Connolly sentenced Sammon to three years' imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended for three years post-release, noting premeditation and the severity of the injuries.
Sentenced, 2 Aug 2025Victim · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Paul McGinn, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 28 Feb2025Man 'lost the plot' and attacked victim with 16 inch reinforced steel barvictim, Paul McGinn, male, irish (judged from name)Paul McGinn
- 26 Feb2025Longford man 'lost the plot' and attacked victim with iron barvictim, Paul McGinn, male, irish (judged from name)Paul McGinn
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