Search

07 Mar 2026

Preliminary Enquiry adjourned for Derry dissident republican parade accused

Patrick Anthony Gallagher, Jason Lee Ceulemans and Stephen Martin Murney were all due to face a Preliminary Enquiry today

Man returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on 28 charges

Derry Magistrates Court

The proposed Preliminary Enquiry for three men charged in connection with a dissident republican parade in Derry on April last year has been adjourned at the local Magistrate's Court today.

Patrick Anthony Gallagher (31) of Raftery Close in Derry, Jason Lee Ceulemans (51) of Creevagh Heights also in Derry and Stephen Martin Murney (40) of Derrybeg Terrace in Newry were all due to face a PE today.

They are all charged with on dates between February 28 and April 11 last year they managed, assisted or arranged a meeting in support of a proscribed organisation namely the IRA.

They are also charged with addressing a meeting on April 10 2023 to encourage support for the IRA. 

At today's hearing defence counsel Stephen Mooney said that there were 'difficulties' proceeding today with the PE.

He said that with the agreement of the court the case would be ready to proceed on March 19.

None of the accused appeared in court and the adjournment was granted until March 19.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.