# sentencing - Monday 27 December, 2021
# Judicial System
# Judicial System
Professor Kathleen Lynch says our prison system has too long been used to incarcerate those who have additional needs.
# sentencing - Monday 20 December, 2021
# sentencing - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
Three men were found guilty of kidnapping and assaulting him earlier this month. Sentencing is due on 20 December.
# sentencing - Friday 10 September, 2021
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
CEO of Women’s Aid Sarah Benson says the judiciary and other legal professionals need more training on how best to handle domestic violence cases.
# sentencing - Monday 14 June, 2021
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
Stephen Keane was found guilty in May 2021 for the murder of 60-year-old John Lowe.
# sentencing - Wednesday 14 October, 2020
# Courts
# Courts
Brady was found guilty by a jury in August.
# sentencing - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Central Crimiinal Court
# Central Crimiinal Court
Dmitry Hrynkevich (24) died after suffering multiple injuries to his head, face and neck in 2015.
# sentencing - Friday 2 October, 2020
# Mark Crawford
# Mark Crawford
Patrick O’Connor was just 24-years-old when he died.
# sentencing - Monday 31 August, 2020
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
White-collar crimes and child offenders were given particular consideration in a new report from the Law Reform Commission.
# sentencing - Thursday 25 June, 2020
# London
# London
Jonty Bravery (18) has admitted trying to kill the child on the viewing platform of the gallery in August last year.
# sentencing - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Courts
# Courts
The incident occurred during a row at the family home in Co Offaly in 2017.
# sentencing - Monday 27 January, 2020
# Dublin
# Dublin
Judge Elma Sheahan described the parents’ actions as “the most egregious breaches of trust by those who are presumed to protect their infant child”.
# Dublin
# Dublin
The couple were found guilty following a trial last November.
# sentencing - Friday 20 December, 2019
# Dublin
# Dublin
Female genital mutilation carries a maximum sentence of up to 14 years in prison.
# sentencing - Monday 2 December, 2019
# Court Of Criminal Appeal
# Court Of Criminal Appeal
Kerry farmer Michael Ferris has had his sentencing increased from five years to nine in the Court of Criminal Appeal.
# London Bridge Attack
# London Bridge Attack
Victims Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt had been attending a prisoner rehabilitation conference.
# sentencing - Friday 8 November, 2019
# Podcast
# Podcast
Mr Justice Paul McDermott would have given careful consideration to the sentences imposed in this difficult case.
# sentencing - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
Both boys were 13 years of age when they murdered Ana Kriegel in an abandoned house in Lucan in 2018.
# sentencing - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
The sentencing hearing of Boy A and Boy B is taking place at the Central Criminal Court.
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
The boys, now aged 15, were convicted by unanimous jury verdicts earlier this year.
# sentencing - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
In a hearing today, Mr Justice Paul McDermott was given psychological and psychiatric reports relating to Boy A and Boy B.
# sentencing - Friday 12 July, 2019
# Courts
# Courts
Judge Patricia Ryan adjourned the case for sentencing in October.
# sentencing - Friday 5 July, 2019
# Dublin
# Dublin
Joyce Conlon was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
# sentencing - Thursday 4 July, 2019
# Cork
# Cork
He was found guilty of assault causing harm and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour.
# sentencing - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
# Justice System
# Justice System
The two teengers are to be sentenced in four weeks’ time.
# sentencing - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
# John Cash
# John Cash
John Cash received a three and a half year sentence.
# sentencing - Monday 25 February, 2019
# Courts
# Courts
One victim called it a “good day for me and for all victims of abuse”.
# sentencing - Friday 8 February, 2019
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
Kevin Braney was found guilty of the premeditated murder of 35-year-old Peter Butterly.
# sentencing - Monday 21 January, 2019
# Courts
# Courts
The victim told the court she forgives her husband and doesn’t want him to go to prison.
# sentencing - Thursday 27 December, 2018
# Criminal Law
# Criminal Law
‘It is essential, for victims of crime and for society in general, that coherent sentencing policy is developed’, writes Ivana Bacik.
# sentencing - Monday 19 November, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
The 37-year-old will be sentenced next month for two attacks on women he met up with via the dating app.
# sentencing - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
He has been resentenced to two years imprisonment with 12 months post-release supervision.
# sentencing - Monday 22 October, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
Justice Michael White said that if Kiernan was a younger man the court would be imposed a serious custodial sentence.
# sentencing - Monday 30 July, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
Gary Gleeson and Stephen Dunne were sentenced to 12 years each.
# sentencing - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
# Sexual Crimes
# Sexual Crimes
Currently there is life imprisonment for a male who is convicted of incest, but the sentence is three to seven years for a woman.
# sentencing - Thursday 21 June, 2018
# Málaga
# Málaga
The judge described the 2015 murder as “execrable”.
# sentencing - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
# Strike A Deal
# Strike A Deal
It is hoped that the bill will be at committee stage before the end of the current Dáil term.
# sentencing - Friday 27 April, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
“It’s somewhat bizarre that an area that is so sensitive has so little in the way of guidance for a trial judge.”
# sentencing - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
# Child Abuse
# Child Abuse
John O’Donoghue, aged 38, also distributed illegal images and movies via email.
# sentencing - Friday 2 March, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and Women’s AId have both raised queries about the sentence being reduced on appeal.
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