Mr Justice George Birmingham, with Ms Justice Una Ní Raifeartaigh and Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy, dismissed the former Sinn Féin councillor’s bid to have his four-year term reduced
Court of Appeal president Mr Justice George Birmingham said that when he first read the appellant’s submissions, his first reaction was that Dowdall had done “extraordinarily well”
Prof Liz Campbell: Our history of responding to paramilitary violence has enabled the normalisation of this extraordinary form of criminal trial
Ms McDonald said her party stands 100 per cent with law abiding citizens with ‘the members of An Garda Síochana, the courts system, all of it, including the Special Criminal Court’
Sinn Féin’s political rivals sure to make hay out of party’s alleged knowledge or otherwise of Dowdall’s criminal past
State witness criticised by judge for ‘pattern of lying’, meaning court obliged to treat evidence with ‘scepticism and extreme care’
As Special Criminal Court acquitted Gerry Hutch, its ruling said the evidence might be used to conclude his brother, Patsy Hutch, organised the Regency Hotel attack
Party confirms officials discussed shooting incident at Dowdall’s uncle’s home prior to 2014 local elections but reject his claim he was repeatedly questioned about it
The recorded conversation was not evidence of guilt, but a glimpse into the workings of Ireland’s crime scene
Sinn Féin leader says where State acted illegally and ripped people off, a Sinn Féin government would ‘be honourable and correct that situation’
Court will first be updated about assessment of Dowdall for Witness Protection Programme
As former SF councillor prepares to testify in the trial of Gerard Hutch for the Regency Hotel murder, a look back at what has brought the trial to this point
Former SF councillor, who has turned State’s witness, still waiting to be told if he has been accepted to witness protection
Court critical of prosecution for being unable to say if former Sinn Féin councillor accepted to Witness Protection Programme
Involvement of party councillor Jonathan Dowdall with gangland boss Gerry Hutch has lifted the veil on a dark corner of Irish life
In the News podcast: What Jonathan Dowdall and Gerard Hutch discussed
Hutch barrister: ‘The State cannot be allowed to benefit from its own illegality and the fruits of that harvest should not be admitted into the trial’
Trial hears second day of conversations between Dowdall and Hutch, captured by garda bugging device
Ann McCabe’s husband Jerry was killed by the IRA in June 1996 in Co Limerick during an attempted robbery
Hutch pleads not guilty to murder of David Byrne at Regency Hotel in 2016 as trial opens
Within three years 36-year-old lost his business, council seat and freedom while his former party did everything it could to disavow him
Patrick Dowdall is jailed for two years after joining son in pleading guilty to facilitating murder of David Byrne
The decision of Jonathan Dowdall to give prosecution evidence in the trial of Gerry Hutch puts the spotlight on a rarely used programme
Gardaí say ex-SF councillor has information that could be used against range of suspects allegedly involved in Dublin gang crime
Jonathan Dowdall and his family in protective Garda custody after he agreed to give evidence relating to the Regency Hotel shooting
Former Sinn Féin councillor faces ‘grim’ future in witness protection, defence counsel tells CCJ
Gerry Hutch (58), who was extradited from Spain, and former Dublin City councillor Dowdall (44), of Navan Road, Dublin, are both charged with the murder of David Byrne (33) at the Regency Hotel in Dublin on February 5th, 2016
Court will hear similar appeal by former Sinn Féin Cllr Jonathan Dowdall
Jonathan Dowdall and Gerry Hutch charged with killing David Byrne at Regency Hotel
Jonathan Dowdall accused of murdering David Byrne during boxing weigh-in at hotel
Hutch and co-accused lost separate High Court applications aimed at quashing DPP’s decision to try them before the Special Criminal Court
Separate challenge by former councillor Jonathan Dowdall also to open at High Court
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