Ireland Named in reporting
Vincent Collopy
Born 1979, from the ages reported. 15 reports across 2 cases, 30 May 2022 to 11 Apr 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1979, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Possession of drugs for sale or supply, Assault causing harm
- Where
- Co. Limerick
- Reporting
- 15 reports, 30 May 2022 to 11 Apr 2024
- Outlets
- limerickpost.ie, irishmirror.ie, rte.ie, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Limerick man jailed for possession of drugs after €1.4m seizure Possession of drugs for sale or supply · Co. Limerick
During a joint Garda operation under Operation Coronation and Operation Tara on 27 May 2022, €1.4 million worth of cocaine, heroin and tablets was seized at locations in counties Limerick and Clare. Charles Magill, 61, and Vincent Collopy, 44, were arrested on 29 May 2022; Collopy allegedly threw a package of cocaine worth €10,500 from a car as Garda Ryan Hill approached in Corbally, Co Clare. Magill pleaded guilty to 16 charges including possession of almost €600,000 worth of drugs for sale or supply and €49,000 in cash, telling gardaí he was delivering drugs to pay off a debt his then partner had accrued. He was sentenced at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court on 11 April 2024 to six years with the final 18 months suspended, with concurrent four-year sentences for drug paraphernalia and money laundering.
Sentenced, 11 Apr 2024Convicted, accused · 6 reports - Brothers acquitted of assault causing harm in Limerick Assault causing harm · Co. Limerick
On 7 April 2020, Vincent Collopy, 44, and his brother Jonathan Collopy, 37, both men from Limerick City, were accused of driving an Audi Q7 into a horse-drawn sulky cart at Sandy Lane, Boher, County Limerick, and assaulting the driver, Darren Wallace, 37, and his nephew Jamie Wallace, with a stick and a hurley. A third man, Mark Kiely, 36, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm in November 2022. The two brothers went on trial at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court in January 2024, where Darren Wallace told the jury he had identified the wrong men and could not remember the events. On 6 February 2024, a jury acquitted both brothers on all charges after just over three hours of deliberation.
Acquitted, 6 Feb 2024Accused · 9 reports
Timeline
every report naming Vincent Collopy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 11 Apr2024Limerick farmer working for drugs gang jailed after large drugs and cash haulconvicted, Vincent Collopy, 44, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 15 Feb202460-year-old man pleads guilty to cocaine possession following €1.4million seizure in Limerickaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 6 Feb2024Collopy brothers found not guilty of assaulting sulky driver in Limerickaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 6 Feb2024Jury finds Limerick brothers not guilty of ramming sulky driver off roadaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 6 Feb2024Jury considering verdict in trial of brothers accused of ramming sulky driver off road and assaulting himaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 31 Jan2024Man allegedly assaulted in sulky incident tells court he can't remember attackaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 31 Jan2024Alleged victim of sulky ramming tells court he 'can't remember' attackaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 31 Jan2024Limerick brothers stand trial over sulky rammingaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 30 Jan2024Alleged victim in sulky ramming case tells trial he identified ‘the wrong men’accused, Vincent Collopy, 44, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 29 Jan2024Limerick brothers go on trial accused of running horse-drawn cart off road and assaulting occupantsaccused, Vincent Collopy, 44, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 15 Dec2022Limerick man alleged to have tossed €10,500 of cocaine from caraccused, Vincent Collopy, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 16 Nov2022Limerick man returned from Bulgaria to face assault chargeaccused, Vincent Collopy, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 30 May2022Two Limerick men charged in connection with €1.4million drugs seizureaccused, Vincent Collopy, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 30 May2022Two men charged over €1.4m drugs seizureaccused, Vincent Collopy, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
- 30 May2022Two men charged over €1.4m drugs seizure in Limerick and Clareaccused, Vincent Collopy, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)Vincent Collopy
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