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Woman who was sexually assaulted by her uncle as a child sues him: 'He won't apologise'
Child abuse
Grace Odumosu told the court that her uncle Patrick Caffrey kissed and touched her starting when she was nine-years-old
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'I have no clue how you feel about me' - Rapist wrote letter to niece he abused as he learns his fate
Rape
A man has been jailed for four years for the regular rape of his niece over a two-year period while she was a child
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'Horrific daily abuse': Dail told confession letter by Christian Brother concealed for decades as victims look on
Mary Lou McDonald
Mary Lou McDonald said six men “suffered horrific daily abuse” by Sean Drummond at Creagh Lane National School during the 1960
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Woman abused by uncle 40 years ago sees him jailed: 'I won't wake up tomorrow feeling any different'
Child abuse
Gerard McCarthy (64) pleaded guilty to 24 sample counts of rape and 24 sample counts of indecent assault on dates between 1979 and 1985
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Alone, no one in court to support him - the full story of the George Gibney trial as ex-swimming coach brought to justice
Child abuse
After the verdicts were read, an expressionless Gibney was taken from the courtroom in a wheelchair with ‘Midlands Prison’ written on it
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Emotional scenes as ex-Irish national swimming coach George Gibney convicted of sexually abusing four girls
Child abuse
Decades after he first abused young swimmers under his care, a Central Criminal Court jury today found Gibney, now 77, guilty
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Mother recalls finding baby 'limp and grey' as father faces trial
Crime
Four-week-old Atticus Bartlett sadly died after suffering brain damage meaning he could not breathe independently again
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Preston Davey murdered by adopted dad was biological son of 'wicked' teen killer
Child abuse
Preston Davey, 13 months, was sexually and physically abused by the man who attempted to adopt him
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Convicted sex offender used AI chatbot to discuss child abuse
Child abuse
Ben Barrett was caught by monitoring software police had installed on his phone
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Internet ban for Irish teen charged with CSAM featuring children as young as two
Courts
The 17-year-old was arrested following an investigation by a Garda Divisional Protective Service Unit in Dublin and charged with 17 offences involving 392 images and videos
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Stepmum killed girl, 5, by forcing her into hot bath leaving her with 50% burns
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Andrea Bernard's death was treated as an accident until her brother Desmond went to the police in 2022
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Babysitter who abused two young cousins faces justice: 'He had everyone fooled'
Child abuse
Edward McGregor (55) groomed the two girls and subjected them to repeated acts of sexual assaults
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Dublin drug addict downloaded 4,500 child abuse images in eight days then went to gardai
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Aaron Catchpole also added a lot of young girls on Instagram and sent them messages asking for nude pics
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Stepmum accused of killing girl, 5, in scalding bath as court hears 'it was no accident'
Child abuse
Janice Nix has denied manslaughter
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'Brazen' paedophile with images of infant 'hog tied' with electrical tape loses bid for freedom
Child abuse
One of the images on a device seized from David McGrath depicted an infant child in nappies being sexually abused
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Girl raised by dogs who taught her to bark and eat raw meat after she was abandoned by mum
Child abuse
Oxana Malaya was abandoned by her parents at the age of three and spent five years living in a kennel with stray dogs after losing the ability to speak or act like a normal child
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Woman raped by Irish dad aged three and forced to drink urine forgives monster
Central Criminal Court
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jessica was just three-and-a-half when she was first abused by her dad, Noel Farrell, and while she is glad justice was served, she said her feelings were complex
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Two men jailed for life after baby raped five times last summer
Child abuse
Ethan Towers, 27, and John Watson, 28, were jailed for life after being described as "dangerous and a risk to the public" by a judge at Cambridge Crown Court
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Dublin girl sent teachers 'distressing' threats and had child abuse images on her phone
Instagram
The troubled 17-year-old, who cannot be named because she is a juvenile, pleaded guilty to harassing the woman while using a litany of Instagram accounts
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Vigilantes bundled convicted sex offender into car after sting operation: 'There was uproar'
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Michael Macken (41) was caught having highly sexualised conversations with what he believed were nine different teenage girls
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'My serious health issues are worth it after 51 day hunger strike for apology'- industrial abuse survivor
Child abuse
Maurice O'Connell is facing new health difficulties after being on hunger strike for 51 days
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Bray father whose porn viewing 'escalated' to child sex abuse images avoids jail
Sexual abuse
Michael Hollingsworth (37) of Killarney Road, Bray, Co Wicklow pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of child pornography at his home on January 26, 2021, contrary to Section 6 (1) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998
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Clare man appears in court charged with unlawful possession of 1,725 child porn images
Courts
The man is also charged with the unlawful possession of 947 videos of child pornography at an address in Ennis
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Former swim coach sentenced for child sexual exploitation punched wall after media coverage of jail release
Prisons
The former Swim Ireland coach, who set up cameras at his poolside office in Dublin and recorded young girls over a year period, is set to walk free from Dublin’s Arbour Hill Prison tomorrow morning
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