Keenan Johnson
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Alcohol licensing rules ‘updated’ for Center Parcs development
- Travel
- June 21, 2019, 19:30
Alcohol licensing rules had to be redrawn to cater for the scale of the Center Parcs resort in Co Longford, Portlaoise Circuit Court has heard. The (...)

Tullamore case highlights big flaw in criminal insanity law
- Crime & Law
- February 19, 2019, 20:16
When a jury found Dariusz Alchimionek (44) guilty of the manslaughter of 19-year-old John Gorman in 2017, the victim’s family cheered while the lawyer(...)

Jury’s manslaughter verdict quashed after it ignored insanity evidence
- Courts
- February 19, 2019, 12:52
The Court of Appeal has been “compelled” to quash a jury verdict which convicted a driver of manslaughter, despite agreement amongst doctors that he m(...)

DPP reflecting on case in which man who met criteria for insanity jailed for killing
- Courts
- October 15, 2018, 16:48
A jury verdict which found a driver guilty of manslaughter, after doctors agreed that he met the criteria to be found legally insane, has been causing(...)

Ex-garda jailed for leaking information to criminals
- Circuit Court
- June 25, 2018, 15:07
A former garda has been jailed for 18 months after admitting to passing information from the force’s computer sytem to criminals in Co Sligo. Circui(...)

Man to appeal after being convicted of manslaughter despite judge’s instruction
- Crime & Law
- June 11, 2018, 00:57
A man who was jailed for six years for manslaughter despite the State accepting he was legally insane at the time of the incident is to appeal his cas(...)

Judge urges drivers to heed the ‘call for rest’ after road death
- Irish News
- July 27, 2017, 18:49
A road crash in which an 84-year-old man was killed highlights in “the most tragic way” the impact that a motorist failing to heed their body’s call f(...)

People should be required to provide ID when buying phones, judge says
- Circuit Court
- July 16, 2017, 11:57
A circuit court judge has called for tougher legislation governing the purchasing of mobile phones. Judge Keenan Johnson made the comments as he was(...)

Garda tells of trauma after ‘terrifying’ Laois operation
- Circuit Court
- June 13, 2017, 20:17
A member of the Garda Armed Response Unit told a court on Tuesday that the apprehension of three men in a major operation in Co Laois last summer was(...)

Man to appeal sentence for false imprisonment of girl (11)
- Crime & Law
- December 12, 2016, 13:16
A man jailed for the false imprisonment of an 11-year-old is set to appeal against the severity of his 17 year sentence in January. Michael Martin (3(...)