Ireland Named in reporting
Paul Ward
Born between February 1995 and February 1996, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 2 cases, 17 Oct 2021 to 3 Feb 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, suspect
- Born
- Between February 1995 and February 1996, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault, Murder
- Where
- Co. Donegal, Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 17 Oct 2021 to 3 Feb 2024
- Outlets
- donegallive.ie, extra.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for assaulting garda at Letterkenny Garda Station Assault · Co. Donegal
Paul Ward, 28, a welder from Stranorlar, was convicted of assaulting Garda Harrington at Letterkenny Garda Station on August 16, 2020, after kicking the garda on the left leg while resisting arrest. Gardaí had used pepper spray on Ward, who became verbally abusive and agitated at the scene. He appeared before Letterkenny District Court in February 2024, where the judge imposed a €500 fine with six months to pay, citing the absence of similar previous convictions. Ward had contacted Garda Harrington to apologise, and the garda chose not to submit a victim impact statement.
Sentenced, 3 Feb 2024Convicted · 1 report - Meehan could walk free in Veronica Guerin murder, Dublin Murder · Co. Dublin
Veronica Guerin, a woman aged 36, was shot dead at the junction of the Boot Road and Naas Road in Dublin on 26 June 1996 after attending a speeding summons hearing in Naas. Brian Meehan, a man, was convicted at the Special Criminal Court in 1999 and sentenced to life for the murder, with Patrick Eugene Holland named in court as the suspected pillion passenger who fired the shots. John Traynor, a man, was arrested with Meehan in Amsterdam in 1997 but was later released, and died aged 73 in Kent, UK, in 2021. John Gilligan, a man, was acquitted of the murder but received a suspended sentence in Spain in 2023 for a drug trafficking case. Meehan, now 61, has been allowed out of jail on some weekends and could walk free for good in 2026.
No stage yetSuspect · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Paul Ward, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 3 Feb2024Stranorlar man who kicked garda avoids prisonconvicted, Paul Ward, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Paul Ward
- 17 Oct2021Watch: Paul Williams on the murder that changed Ireland forever - Extra.iesuspect, Paul Ward, male, named, irish (judged from name)Paul Ward
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