RTE Investigates and the Sunday Independent carried out a joint investigation into claims of unwanted and inappropriate sexual advances experienced by female footballers in the 1990s at the hands of FAI coaches.
An Garda Siochana is investigating allegations of unwanted sexual advances by two former soccer coaches in the 1990s, following a collaborative investigation by the Sunday Independent and RTE.
Security guard sentenced for sexual assault at Dundrum Shopping Centre A 35-year-old security guard has been sentenced to five years in prison after he sexually assaulted a teenage customer at his workplace. Abdul Rahman Mohammed of Mountjoy Square, Dublin, was...
Mother wins £575,000 compensation for childbirth injuries Following a five-year legal battle, Amy Stead, a mother from Wrexham, has been awarded over £575,000 in compensation for injuries sustained during childbirth. After enduring an almost three-year journey of...
Kildare man sentenced to 11 years for brutal assault on ex-partner A Kildare man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he permanently injured his ex-partner in a “ferocious assault”. The assault took place after the attacker, Anthony Mockler, of Station Road,...
Athlone Man charged with assaulting elderly woman at nursing home A 54-year-old man has been charged with attacking an elderly woman at Sonas Nursing Home on Ballymahon Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Peter Keaney was required to appear at Athlone District Court this...
Former scout leader receives prison sentence for child abuse This week at Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford imposed a six-year and eight-month prison sentence on a former scout leader convicted of sexually assaulting five young boys. Jim Harmon (scout...
