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

Sylvia Roche Kelly

Born between December 1988 and December 1989, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 2 Dec 2022 to 3 Dec 2022

Victim: Sylvia Roche Kelly, Irish woman, 33 (judged from name)Sylvia Roche Kelly

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between December 1988 and December 1989, from the ages reported
Offences
Murder
Where
Co. Limerick
Reporting
2 reports, 2 Dec 2022 to 3 Dec 2022
Outlets
limerickleader.ie, tipperarylive.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Sylvia Roche Kelly was murdered on December 7, 2007 in a hotel room following a birthday night out with friends
Sylvia Roche Kelly was murdered on December 7, 2007 in a hotel room following a birthday night out with friends
Photocredit not given by the outletvia limerickleader.ie, 3 Dec 2022

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Cases

latest first
  • Supervised prison visit cancelled for Limerick hotel murder convict Murder · Co. Limerick

    Sylvia Roche Kelly, a 33-year-old mother of two, was murdered on 7 December 2007 at the Clarion Hotel in Limerick city following a birthday night out with friends. Jerry McGrath, from Tipperary, who had previously attacked a taxi driver in April 2007 and attempted to abduct a five-year-old girl while on bail, was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. McGrath fled to the UK after the killing and later applied for parole after seven and 13 years. In December 2022, a planned Section 39 supervised prison visit at a neutral location in Kildare was cancelled after the victim's brother Gerard Bourke contacted the Minister for Justice's office.

    Convicted, 2 Dec 2022Victim · 2 reports

Timeline

every report naming Sylvia Roche Kelly, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 3 Dec2022
    Convictedlimerickleader.ie, in Supervised prison visit cancelled for Limerick hotel murder convict
    Brother of Limerick woman murdered in hotel welcomes U-turn on killer's 'supervised' family visit
    victim, Sylvia Roche Kelly, 33, female, irish (judged from name)Sylvia Roche Kelly
  2. 2 Dec2022
    Convictedtipperarylive.ie, in Supervised prison visit cancelled for Limerick hotel murder convict
    Brother of woman murdered in hotel welcomes U-turn on Tipperary killer's 'supervised' family visit
    victim, Sylvia Roche Kelly, 33, female, irish (judged from name)Sylvia Roche Kelly

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