The 'treasured' Sligo man died 20 months after he was set upon by a gang in January, 2022 One cousin said she remembers Mr Niland in hospital 'struggling to breathe in pain with tears rolling down his face' The family said they 'can only hope that some justice will be served for Tom' The family of a retired farmer who died 20 months after being violently attacked by a gang in his Sligo home didn't recognise him in hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
He said that the defendant is "doing well in prison" and that the man feels it is a safer place for him. Mr McGarry said that his client seems "completely institutionalised". He said that his client wants to extend his prison sentence in order to spend more time rehabilitating himself and completing courses within the prison system. He said that prison courses take time for people to get enrolled in and complete, and a release would disrupt this process.
Graham Whelan is a man of many contradictions. He's a self-professed family man whose children's home was recently raided by gardaí. He's a career criminal with over 30 convictions who is just as likely to grace the front pages because of his personal ties to the McGregor clan. And while Whelan has been a constant in Ireland's gangland for more than two decades, he managed to avoid the public notoriety gained by many of his peers.
She was initially charged in March 2021 and was convicted in 2022 for conspiracy to do an act to facilitate to commission of breach of UK immigration law by a non-UK national, and of conspiracy to possess identity documents with intent. During her sentencing, the judge concluded that the charity had been used as a front, and that the evidence showed she was using OBAC as a way of disguising her dishonest activities and potentially finding people with whom she could take money.