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

Shay Wildes

1 report across 1 case, 23 Sep 2021 to 23 Sep 2021

Suspect: Shay Wildes, Irish man (judged from name)Shay Wildes

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 23 Sep 2021 to 23 Sep 2021
Outlets
irishmirror.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Shay Wildes in 2005
Shay Wildes in 2005
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishmirror.ie, 23 Sep 2021
Shay Wildes, left, and John Gilligan, right, with his arm around slain armed robber John Daly (white hoodie) and Brian Rattigan, centre
Shay Wildes, left, and John Gilligan, right, with his arm around slain armed robber John Daly (white hoodie) and Brian Rattigan, centre
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishmirror.ie, 23 Sep 2021
Shay Wildes
Shay Wildes
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishmirror.ie, 23 Sep 2021
Shay Wildes leaves the Central Criminal Court in 2003
Shay Wildes leaves the Central Criminal Court in 2003
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishmirror.ie, 23 Sep 2021

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Cases

latest first
  • Murderer Shay Wildes released after 18 years for Tallaght killing Murder · Co. Dublin

    Shay Wildes shot Joe Cummins in the head with a .22 semi-automatic handgun outside the Dragon Inn pub in Tallaght, Dublin, on 26 December 2001, wishing him a Merry Christmas before firing. Wildes was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences in September 2003, one for murder and one for possession of the handgun, plus 10 and five years on two further counts of possession of ammunition. He was acquitted of the 2003 murder of Declan Griffin in Inchicore. Wildes was released from Shelton Abbey Prison in Arklow, Co Wicklow, in September 2021 after serving 18 years, having been granted temporary weekend releases over the preceding year, and moved to a caravan site in County Wexford.

    No stage yetConvicted · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Shay Wildes, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 23 Sep2021
    Otheririshmirror.ie, in Murderer Shay Wildes released after 18 years for Tallaght killing
    'Merry Christmas' murderer walks free and 'moves to quiet countryside site'
    convicted, Shay Wildes, male, named, irish (judged from name)Shay Wildes

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