Former Irish Boxer Pleads Guilty To Serious 'Stabbing' Of Relative

Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:33

Mary Nevin (24), who pleaded guilty at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to a serious assault on a female relative. Photo Credit Tom Tuite

Mary Nevin appeared in Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court today.

A young mother who represented Ireland in boxing at an international level has pleaded guilty to a serious harm assault on a female relative in a stabbing in Mullingar.

Mary Nevin, aka Mary Kate, 24, who is a first cousin of Olympic medal winning John Joe Nevin, was once attacked by a Russian coach in 2016 during a boxing competition in Germany, appeared at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court today.

The mother of two pleaded guilty to a charge under section 4 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, for causing serious harm to the named woman on May 3, 2024, at a residential address in the midlands town.

Nevin, of Austin Friar Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, replied guilty when arraigned before Judge Keenan Johnson and was remanded on bail with strict conditions pending sentencing in May.

Defence counsel Shane Geraghty said his client had no prior convictions and had two young children, as he pleaded with the judge not to accede to a State application for a remand in custody.

Counsel described the assault as an “absolute disproportionate reaction”; full prosecution facts of the case will be heard at a later stage.

He said that she had a young child, was breastfeeding, and that Nevin, too, had been a victim when she was “brutally assaulted” as she was representing her country abroad nine years ago. Mr Geraghty said it had been publicised heavily at the time.

She had been a team captain at the time and had been attending a psychologist due to that incident.

The court heard she was also anxious to obtain substantial compensation for her victim and was in the process of accumulating the funds through a "significant" credit union loan.

Nevin was also engaged with the Irish National Traveller Movement and aimed to move out of the town to another county. Bail terms had already been tightened in December.

Judge Johnson allowed her to remain on bail and ordered her to continue signing on seven days a week at the Garda station. She had to surrender her passport, not leave the country, have no direct or indirect contact with the victim, and the judge warned her to refrain from all social media activity.

Judge Johnson requested the preparation of psychological and probation reports for the sentencing hearing.