Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Robert Corbet

Born between January 2001 and January 2002, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 2 cases, 26 Jan 2026 to 27 Jan 2026

Suspect: Robert Corbet, Irish man, 24 (judged from name)Robert Corbet

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted, accused
Born
Between January 2001 and January 2002, from the ages reported
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Laois
Reporting
2 reports, 26 Jan 2026 to 27 Jan 2026
Outlets
kildarenow.com, leinsterexpress.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Robert Corbet buried the remains of Aoife Phelan near his home in 2012 after murdering her.
Robert Corbet buried the remains of Aoife Phelan near his home in 2012 after murdering her.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia kildarenow.com, 27 Jan 2026

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Cases

latest first
  • Man jailed for Portlaoise murder dies in Mountjoy Prison Murder · Co. Laois

    Robert Corbet killed Aoife Phelan between October 25 and November 7, 2012, and buried her remains in a deep hole on a property on his land on the outskirts of Portlaoise, Laois. He told gardaí he punched her after she threatened to ruin him if he walked away from her and her pregnancy. Corbet was found guilty of her murder in the Central Criminal Court in 2014 after pleading not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, and was sentenced to life. He died at Mountjoy Prison on January 26, 2026, while serving that sentence.

    No stage yetConvicted · 1 report
  • Man charged with Portlaoise murder remanded in custody Murder · Co. Laois

    Aoife Phelan, a 30-year-old woman from Ballyroan, Portlaoise, who worked as an au pair, went missing on 25 October 2025 after leaving her friend's house at Colliers View, Portlaoise. Her body was found buried in a hole at a property on Timahoe Road, Portlaoise, on 7 November 2025. Gardaí upgraded the case from a missing persons investigation to a murder on 4 November and arrested 24-year-old Robert Corbet. Corbet was charged with her murder and remanded in custody to Clover Hill prison by Judge Catherine Staines until 15 November. A post mortem found that Aoife had suffered injuries to her neck and head.

    In court, 26 Jan 2026Accused · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Robert Corbet, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 27 Jan2026
    Otherkildarenow.com, in Man jailed for Portlaoise murder dies in Mountjoy Prison
    Death in prison of murderer who buried victim on Kildare-Laois border
    convicted, Robert Corbet, male, named, irish (judged from name)Robert Corbet
  2. 26 Jan2026
    In courtleinsterexpress.ie, in Man charged with Portlaoise murder remanded in custody
    Timeline of the murder of Laois au pair Aoife Phelan
    accused, Robert Corbet, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Robert Corbet

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