MacGuill & Company has extensive experience in defending cases prosecuted under special powers, such as anti-terrorism legislation.

Our experience includes defending prosecutions under the Offences Against the State Act and similar emergency measures. This experience also includes cases of international terrorism, and we have worked with colleagues in other jurisdictions –including the US and the United Kingdom – in relation to their very specific anti-terrorism measures.

We are also familiar with the defence of terrorism finance cases.

  • DPP v McKevitt

First Irish case of directing terrorism – the prosecution cased relied on British Security Service and FBI witnesses

  • McKevitt v The DPP

Disclosure issue before the Supreme Court of Ireland

  • McKevitt v Ireland

Disclosure issue before ECHR

  • DPP v McFarlane

Kidnapping

  • McFarlane v DPP

Delay Supreme Court

  • McFarlane v Ireland

Delay – link ECHR website

  • DPP v O’Brien

Membership

  • O’Brien v DPP

False imprisonment

  • DPP v Campbell

Membership

  • DPP v Campbell (No. 2)

Membership

  • DPP v McGrane

Training

  • Lavery v Member in Charge of Carrickmacross Garda Station

Section 30 detention access to a lawyer

  • DPP v O’Donagh

Explosives

  • DPP v O’Donnell

Explosives

  • DPP v NCBride

Offensive weapons court of criminal appeal

  • DPP v Fee

Explosives

Contacts

James MacGuill

E: james.macguill@macguill.ie
P:+353 (42) 933 4026

Aimée McCumiskey

E: aimee.mccumiskey@macguill.ie
P:+353 (42) 933 4026

Elise Martin-Vignerte

E: elise.martin-vignerte@macguill.ie
P:+353 (1) 878 7022