Ireland Named in reporting
Peter Kennedy
Born 1959, from the ages reported. 26 reports across 2 cases, 22 Jul 2024 to 19 May 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- 1959, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder, Assault causing harm, Obtaining a child for sexual exploitation, Possessing child sexual abuse material (child pornography)
- Where
- Co. Kildare
- Reporting
- 26 reports, 22 Jul 2024 to 19 May 2025
- Outlets
- dublinlive.ie, irishmirror.ie, kildarenow.com, irishtimes.com, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to life for murder in Newbridge, Co Kildare Murder · Co. Kildare
Brian Ibe, a 24-year-old man, broke into the home of 65-year-old man Peter Kennedy in Moore Park, Newbridge, Co Kildare, on 28 April 2020 by smashing a window and assaulted him, causing traumatic head injuries from which Kennedy died at Beaumont Hospital on 12 May 2020. Ibe also punched Garda Brendan O'Donnell at Newbridge Garda Station on 29 April 2020. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to both charges; his first trial collapsed in July 2024 over a legal disagreement on witness classification, and at his second trial in 2025 a jury unanimously rejected the insanity defence and convicted him of murder and assault causing harm. On 19 May 2025, Ibe was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, backdated to 29 April 2020, and 12 months for the assault.
Sentenced, 19 May 2025Victim · 22 reports - Man convicted of murder and assault in Newbridge, Co Kildare Obtaining a child for sexual exploitation · Co. Kildare
Brian Ibe, of no fixed abode and formerly of Moore Park, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court on 9 April 2025 of murdering 65-year-old Peter Kennedy in Newbridge, Co Kildare. Ibe was arrested on or about 29 April 2020 after stabbing Kennedy in the neck with a knife on 28 April 2020, and was also convicted of assault causing harm to Garda Brendan O'Donnell at Newbridge Garda Station. He had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to both charges, but the jury rejected the defence after hearing conflicting psychiatric evidence. Ibe faces a mandatory life sentence, with sentencing adjourned to 19 May 2025.
Convicted, 9 Apr 2025Victim · 4 reports
Timeline
every report naming Peter Kennedy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 19 May2025Man jailed for life for murder of 'thoughtful and generous' pensionervictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 19 May2025Man jailed for life for murder of man who took him and his mother into his homevictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 19 May2025Man jailed for life for murder of Kildare community workervictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 19 May2025Man sentenced to life for murder of ‘charitable’ retiree who gave both him and mother sheltervictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 19 May2025Man jailed for murder of man who took him and mother invictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 9 Apr2025Man murdered 'kind gentleman' who gave him a home as jury rejects insanity pleavictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 9 Apr2025BREAKING: Man convicted of murder of Kildare 'gentleman'victim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 9 Apr2025Man guilty of murdering man who took him and mother invictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 9 Apr2025Brian Ibe (24) convicted of murdering ‘gentleman’ who took him into his homevictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 4 Apr2025Man accused of Kildare murder was 'logical' in demanding money from victim - trialvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 2 Apr2025Anger and resentment ‘could explain why murder accused fatally assaulted man’, psychiatrist tells trialvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 2 Apr2025Cannabis use may have triggered schizophrenia in man accused of murdering Kildare man - trial hearsvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 1 Apr2025No evidence that man accused of Kildare murder was faking schizophrenia, trial hearsvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 28 Mar2025Psychologist found no evidence murder accused was feigning schizophrenia symptomsvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 26 Mar2025Murder accused assaulted garda after fingerprint and DNA samples taken, trial hearsvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 21 Mar2025Teen taken in by ‘kind’ man ‘demanded money and twice threatened to kill him’, murder trial hearsvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 19 Mar2025‘Kind’ man (65) died after attack by teen who had come to live with him, court toldvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 18 Mar2025Man (24) pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murder of Peter Kennedyvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 26 Jul2024Trial of homeless man accused of murdering host collapsesvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 26 Jul2024BREAKING: Trial collapses of homeless man accused of murdering Newbridge "gentleman"victim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 25 Jul2024‘Absolute gentleman’ appeared ‘starving and frightened’ in months before death, murder trial hearsvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 25 Jul2024Newbridge man appeared starving and frightened in the months before his death - friend tells murder trialvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 25 Jul2024Murder victim 'starving' and 'frightened' before deathvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 23 Jul2024‘Kind’ man fatally assaulted in his own home had allowed alleged murderer to stayvictim, Peter Kennedy, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 23 Jul2024'A kind soul' - Kildare man allowed murder accused to live with him months before killingvictim, Peter Kennedy, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
- 22 Jul2024Jury sworn in at Central Criminal Court for Newbridge murder trialvictim, Peter Kennedy, 65, male, irish (judged from name)Peter Kennedy
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