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

Thomas Blaine

Born between July 1952 and July 1953, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 9 Jul 2022 to 9 Jul 2022

Victim: Thomas Blaine, Irish man, 69 (judged from name)Thomas Blaine

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between July 1952 and July 1953, from the ages reported
Offences
Murder (double)
Where
Co. Mayo
Reporting
1 report, 9 Jul 2022 to 9 Jul 2022
Outlets
irishmirror.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced to life for double murder in Castlebar, Mayo Murder (double) · Co. Mayo

    Alan Cawley, 32, a man, was convicted of bludgeoning Thomas Blaine, 69, and Jack Blaine, 76, with a shovel and a walking stick in their home in Castlebar, Mayo, on 10 July 2013. A jury unanimously found Cawley guilty of double murder in 2017, rejecting the defence's diminished responsibility argument. Mr Justice Paul Coffey sentenced Cawley to the mandatory life sentence on 25 July 2017, describing the killings as wanton and savage. Cawley is serving a life sentence in prison.

    No stage yetVictim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Thomas Blaine, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 9 Jul2022
    Otheririshmirror.ie, in Man sentenced to life for double murder in Castlebar, Mayo
    Cousin of victims says Mayo double murder killer should never get out of jail
    victim, Thomas Blaine, 69, male, irish (judged from name)Thomas Blaine

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