Ireland Named in reporting
Sinead Connolly
Born between April 1987 and April 1988, from the ages reported. 12 reports across 1 case, 24 Jan 2022 to 6 Oct 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Between April 1987 and April 1988, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- Irish, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life; possession of ammunition
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 12 reports, 24 Jan 2022 to 6 Oct 2022
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie
Photographs
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Cases
latest first- Man jailed for nine-and-a-half years over firearm offence in Dublin Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life; possession of ammunition · Co. Dublin
On 6 March 2021, Irish man Dean McCarthy, 33, burst into the home of Irish woman Sinead Connolly, 34, at Bernard Curtis House, Bluebell, Dublin 12, and shot her with a handgun provided by Joseph Byrne, 33, leaving her paralysed below the chest while her eight-year-old daughter hid under the kitchen table. McCarthy pleaded guilty to attempted murder and firearm offences in January 2022 and was sentenced in April 2022 to 16 years in prison with the final year suspended for two years. Byrne, who provided the loaded G9A Grand Power semi-automatic handgun and helped McCarthy escape the scene, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of ammunition. On 6 October 2022, Mr Justice Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court sentenced Byrne to 11 years in prison with 18 months suspended, reduced from a headline of 14 years.
Sentenced, 26 Apr 2022Victim · 12 reports
Timeline
every report naming Sinead Connolly, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 6 Oct2022Man who procured handgun used to shoot mother-of-one jailed for nine-and-a-half yearsvictim, Sinead Connolly, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 6 Oct2022Man who passed on handgun used to shoot mother in her home jailed for nine-and-a-half yearsvictim, Sinead Connolly, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 6 Oct2022Man who provided gun used to paralyse woman jailedvictim, Sinead Connolly, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 27 Apr2022Irishman jailed after attempted murder that left neighbour paralysedvictim, Sinead Connolly, 34, female, Irish, irishSinead Connolly
- 26 Apr2022Man jailed for 15 years after leaving neighbour permanently paralysed in attempted gun murdervictim, Sinead Connolly, 34, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 26 Apr2022Man who paralysed neighbour in gun attack jailed for 15 yearsvictim, Sinead Connolly, 34, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 26 Apr2022Man jailed after leaving neighbour paralysed following attempted gun murdervictim, Sinead Connolly, 34, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 26 Apr2022Man jailed for 15 years over attempted murder of womanvictim, Sinead Connolly, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 9 Apr2022Woman tells court her life was 'obliterated' after she was shot three times at her Dublin homevictim, Sinead Connolly, 34, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 8 Apr2022Paralysed mum describes moment ‘evil, sadistic’ neighbour tried to murder hervictim, Sinead Connolly, 34, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 24 Jan2022Man pleads guilty to attempted murder of womanvictim, Sinead Connolly, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
- 24 Jan2022Man pleads guilty to attempted murder of woman left paralysed after shootingvictim, Sinead Connolly, female, irish (judged from name)Sinead Connolly
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