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 Ward

Born between September 1990 and September 1991, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 2 cases, 2 Nov 2022 to 17 Sep 2024

Suspect: Thomas Ward, Irish man, 33 (judged from name)Thomas Ward

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted, accused
Born
Between September 1990 and September 1991, from the ages reported
Offences
Theft, Cutting turf on a protected bog
Where
Co. Donegal, Co. Galway
Reporting
2 reports, 2 Nov 2022 to 17 Sep 2024
Outlets
donegallive.ie, rte.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Letterkenny man fined €200 for Lidl grocery thefts Theft · Co. Donegal

    Thomas Ward, a 33-year-old man of Ballymacool, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, was charged over two thefts of groceries from Lidl in Letterkenny, one worth €100 on 16 September 2023 and one worth €80. He was charged on 12 March 2024 under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 and pleaded guilty to each incident at Letterkenny District Court. The judge convicted him on one charge, fined him €200 with five months to pay, and marked the other as taken into account. The latest development is that the sentence was reported on 17 or 18 September 2024.

    Sentenced, 17 Sep 2024Convicted · 1 report
  • Case dismissed over turf cutting on protected bog in Galway Cutting turf on a protected bog · Co. Galway

    Patrick Lavin of Frenchpark, Co Roscommon, and Thomas Ward of Gort an tSléibhe, Claregalway, were charged with cutting turf on Ballymoe Bog, a protected site on the Galway/Roscommon border, in June 2013. Both men pleaded not guilty in 2015. In November 2022, the case was dismissed at Galway Circuit Criminal Court after the State entered a nolle prosequi and counsel for the DPP said no witnesses would be put forward. Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice, chairperson of the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association, welcomed the decision.

    No stage yetAccused · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Thomas Ward, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 17 Sep2024
    Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Letterkenny man fined €200 for Lidl grocery thefts
    Letterkenny man convicted for €180 grocery theft
    convicted, Thomas Ward, 33, male, named, irish (judged from name)Thomas Ward
  2. 2 Nov2022
    Otherrte.ie, in Case dismissed over turf cutting on protected bog in Galway
    Court dismisses case over turf cutting on protected bog
    accused, Thomas Ward, male, named, irish (judged from name)Thomas Ward

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