Cases and rulings mentioning Swinford from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Courts Reporting Scheme
2026-02-19
Courts News Ireland
A 47-year-old man from Swinford has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an incident in which he struck his brother with a shovel at their home in Cloongullaune on 27 July 2022. The victim was rendered unconscious and transported to Mayo University Hospital with a...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-10-24
Courts News Ireland
A Mayo man received a suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on 17 October for harassment spanning over a year. Brendan Rowland, aged 30, pleaded guilty to sending 14 malicious greeting cards to a couple in Swinford between December 2018 and December 2019. Judge...
High Court
2025-05-22
Courts News Ireland
The High Court heard an application today concerning a public order conviction against Jemima Burke, a management consultant, who was convicted at Ballina District Court in June following an incident at an inquest in Swinford, County Mayo. Ms Burke alleged that her...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-31
Courts News Ireland
A 33-year-old man has been acquitted of murder at the Central Criminal Court following a trial concerning a stabbing at a housing estate in Swinford, County Mayo. The jury, comprising nine men and three women, returned a majority verdict after deliberating for nine hours and 54...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-30
Courts News Ireland
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has sought clarification from Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring on self-defence and intent in the murder trial of Matusz Batiuk (33), formerly of Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, County Mayo. Mr Batiuk has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-29
Courts News Ireland
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the case of a man charged with murdering a 24-year-old from County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk, formerly of Carrabeg Estate in Swinford, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael McDonagh, who died from a single stab...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-28
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of Matusz Batiuk, who denies murdering Michael McDonagh at a housing estate in Swinford, County Mayo, on 16 November 2020. The defence contended that Mr Batiuk, aged 33, acted lawfully in self-defence when...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-27
Courts News Ireland
Two forensic psychiatrists have testified at the Central Criminal Court that a jury should consider whether a man's criminal responsibility was diminished when he allegedly stabbed a 24-year-old County Mayo man. Matusz Batiuk, a 33-year-old Polish national formerly of Carrabeg...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-24
Courts News Ireland
The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on March 24th regarding a fatal stabbing in Swinford, County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk, aged 33, formerly of Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael McDonagh, aged 24, who died from a single stab...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-23
Courts News Ireland
A pathologist told the Central Criminal Court in Dublin that a single stab wound measuring at least 12 centimetres in depth caused the death of a 24-year-old Mayo man by severing a vital artery. Dr Kathleen Han Suyin gave evidence during the trial of Matusz Batiuk, aged 33,...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-22
Courts News Ireland
A key witness in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court gave conflicting evidence regarding events at a house in Swinford, County Mayo, on November 16, 2020. Paul Maughan testified that he did not witness the fatal stabbing of Michael McDonagh (24), despite having...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-20
Courts News Ireland
A 33-year-old Polish man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a 24-year-old at Carrabeg Estate in Swinford, Co Mayo on 16 November 2020. The Central Criminal Court heard that Matusz Batiuk told gardai he stabbed the deceased in self-defence after believing his life was in...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-20
Courts News Ireland
Matusz Batiuk, a 33-year-old man formerly residing in Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, Co Mayo, entered a not guilty plea at the Central Criminal Court on 20 March 2023 to the charge of murdering Michael McDonagh, aged 24. The alleged murder occurred at the housing estate in Swinford...
High Court
2023-03-15
Courts News Ireland
A businessman and his wife from Lisheenbrawn, Swinford, County Mayo, have obtained a temporary High Court injunction preventing a mortgage company and a receiver from selling their property. James Murphy and Caroline Hannon initiated High Court proceedings against receiver...
High Court
2015-11-25
Courts News Ireland
Five nursing staff members at Aras Attracta residential unit in Swinford, County Mayo, have initiated High Court proceedings challenging an investigation and disciplinary process conducted by the Health Services Executive. The staff members contend that the investigation, which...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2015-11-06
Courts News Ireland
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Mark Lavelle, aged 32, originally from Swinford in Mayo, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his guilty plea to two counts of assault causing harm and hijacking. On the early morning of...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2015-11-04
Courts News Ireland
A 32-year-old man originally from Swinford, County Mayo pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting Dublin GAA footballer Jonny Cooper in the early hours of September 20, 2014. Mark Lavelle, with an address at Basin Street, Dublin, inflicted nine stab wounds...
District Courts
2014-01-28
Courts News Ireland
A 30-year-old actor from Swinford, County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to two assault charges following an alleged incident at a Dublin public house in October 2012. The man faces two counts of assault causing harm under Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person...
District Courts
2014-01-20
Courts News Ireland
Martin Maloney, a 30-year-old actor from Swinford, County Mayo, appeared at Dublin District Court to contest assault charges arising from an incident at a public house in October 2012. Maloney is accused of two counts of assault causing harm to two security staff members during...
District Courts
2013-12-09
Courts News Ireland
An actor with an address in Swinford, County Mayo, was granted free legal aid at Dublin District Court today following an application based on his statement of means. The 30-year-old faces three assault charges arising from an incident at a public house on Dorset Street in...
