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Evil Irish stepdad who raped daughter on holiday fails to have conviction quashed in Court of Appeal
Court of Appeals
Judges of the Court of Appeal immediately dismissed Anthony Byrne's claim that his conviction should be overturned because the rape happened in Spain
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Report recommends Commission of Investigation into paedo surgeon Michael Shine
Michael Shine
Victims’ group Dignity4Patients had called for a public inquiry to probe how claims of decades of abuse at a hospital in Co Louth and at Shine’s private practice were handled
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Deaf woman now feels 'safe' after years of abuse at hands of male relatives
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Four of seven of the woman's family members were convicted last month of a combined total of 13 counts of abusing her following an eight-month trial in the Central Criminal Court
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Retired Franciscan brother jailed for 11 years for rape of 13-year-old boy
Rape
The boy was approximately 13 years old when the offending occurred at an Offaly secondary school, where he was a student
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Paedo swim coach George Gibney 'never leaves his cell'
Prisons
The former Irish National swimming coach was found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing four girls over 50 years ago
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Man who sexually abused and raped 10-year-old niece while babysitting jailed for 11 years
Sexual abuse
In a victim impact statement read to the court by the investigating garda, the girl said the man used her age, innocence and trust against her
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Man jailed for sexually abusing young cousin when he was a teenager
Sexual abuse
The accused was aged between 14 and 16 years old at the time, while the victim was aged between five and eight years old
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Jury in trial of former sports coach accused of abusing four girls to resume deliberations today
Courts
The 77-year-old was originally charged with 79 counts, but pleaded guilty before the jury to five of them
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Eldest daughter of garda charged with raping his wife addresses journal
Courts
The 48-year-old man has also pleaded not guilty to two counts of raping his wife, this woman’s mother, on dates in 2009 and 2021 and to child cruelty of another, younger, daughter
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Six months too lenient for man who defiled child and sent her sexually explicit photo, State argues
Courts
Barristers for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said that the girl had suicidal ideation and required therapy after being defiled by Ben Lawlor, now 22, of Ban ne Gréinne, Craddockstown, Naas, Co Kildare
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Gary Glitter charged with sex offences against girl under 14
Gary Glitter
Glitter, of HMP Channings Wood, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London on August 5
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Man who abused partner's teen niece texted her: '“I like what we have, it’s weird... I shouldn’t really'
Irish News
The 30-year-old Carlow man pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to one count of sexual assault and one count of orally raping the child
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Assaults on women on the rise while homicides are down - latest CSO stats reveal state of crime in Ireland
Crime
Statistics released by the CSO for the first three months of 2026 also reveal that homicides and related offences are down a staggering 27 per cent when compared to the same period last year
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Jeffrey Donaldson trial 'struck a blow' for women and girls, former appeal court judge says
Jeffrey Donaldson
Former appeal court judge John Gillen paid tribute to the "immense courage" of the victims in coming forward, adding he feels they "struck a real blow"
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Victims of paedo schoolteacher Leo Hickey plan to sue the State
Sexual abuse
Women who were sexually abused by Leo Hickey say they are forced to sue the State
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Young man who had sex with teenage girl and filmed her avoids jail
Courts
The now 20-year-old Limerick man was aged 18 and the victim was 14 years old when gardai arrived at the hotel room where the couple were staying, having been alerted by the girl's grandfather, the Central Criminal Court heard
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Notorious Irish paedophile Bill Kenneally dies in prison
Bill Kenneally
The depraved former basketball coach was serving almost 19 years in total for the serious sexual abuse of 15 young boys
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Husband gets four years for drugging wife and 'coercing' her into sex with over 100 men
Sexual abuse
The trial heard a man drugged and isolated his wife, while also filming the sex acts with surveillance cameras
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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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Ireland's longest criminal trial: How four men were convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative
Sexual abuse
At the heart of the case was a woman in her thirties – profoundly deaf - who alleged she had been sexually abused from childhood
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Four men convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative after longest criminal trial in the State history
Crime
It was the 131st day of the Central Criminal Court trial, which started last October, making it the longest criminal trial in the country's history
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Man who raped two sisters jailed for more than 12 years
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David Mason (49) of Graigue Court, Ballymun, Dublin 11, had pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of sexual assault and five counts of rape against the first sister and three charges of sexual assault against her younger sister
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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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Woman found hiding in wardrobe in Tyrone to be extradited in relation to child sexual offences
PSNI
The 23-year-old woman is wanted in Lithuania
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