Cathal Crotty, the soldier who avoided prison last month after being convicted of beating a woman unconscious in Limerick city, has been formally discharged from the...
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Gardaí are investigating a threatening letter posted to the family home of soldier Cathal Crotty in Co Clare. The 22-year-old recently received a fully suspended three-year...
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The future employment prospects of a convicted person are of “limited concern” to a sentencing court when dealing with serious cases, a Central Criminal Court judge...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/OLAT4ZB23ZGFVNZGNBUDZQZH4A.jpg "DPP appeals Cathal Crotty’s suspended sentence for Limerick assault")
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has lodged an appeal against the three-year suspended sentence imposed on soldier Cathal Crotty last month for beating a woman...
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A woman who was assaulted by a serving Irish soldier has called on the Government to press ahead with introducing new hate crime laws as she...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CLIDOMGLEVB5BC5JLOVUACRODM.jpg "Limerick judge Tom O’Donnell ends career on grim note with controversial ruling in Crotty case")
“He clearly made a mistake, but to go out like this is a bit grim.” This was the view of one experienced criminal barrister on Judge...
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There has been a “lack of proactive management” by the Defence Forces of cases where its personnel have convictions or are before the courts, according Tánaiste...
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Natasha O’Brien, who saw a serving soldier who beat her unconscious walk free from court in Limerick last week, has said she is willing to meet...
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The controversy regarding Cathal Crotty, a serving soldier who escaped with a suspended sentence following a vicious unprovoked assault on a woman, could hardly have come...
Defence Forces management hopes to be able to expel soldier Cathal Crotty by early next week, following his conviction for beating a woman unconscious in Limerick...
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Never again, until the next time. Holly Cairns said it best: “Every time a woman is violently attacked we say ‘never again’.” Every time a woman...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4RPUTWQ4QLF2SPBFIIVSI3FQNY.jpg "Report on convicted criminals in Defence Forces identifies 20 cases of concern")
A report being prepared for the Taoiseach on the prevalence of convicted criminals in the Defence Forces is understood to have identified 20 cases of concern....