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French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged with rape and assault of an actress in her 20s.
Former coach John McClean sentenced to an 8-year prison term for sexually abusing pupils between 1973 and 1990
Former Terenure College teacher admitted sexual abuse to a senior priest when questioned 25 years ago
Report findings of the condition the victims of the mother and baby homes had endured and State and Church have “heavy responsibility” according to President Michael D. Higgins
Vaccine Trials conducted on victims of Mother-and-Baby Homes without consent
Findings of Mother-and-baby Homes in Ireland over the last 75 years to be released
Sexual Abuse Law
Former Terenure College teacher admitted sexual abuse to a senior priest when questioned 25 years ago
A former teacher and rugby coach was sentenced for 27 counts of indecent assault to 23 schoolboys aged between 12 and 17 at Terenure College in South Dublin between 1973 to 1990, as reported by the Independent. From 1966 to 1996, Mr John McClean (76) of Casimir Avenue, Harold’s Cross, Dublin,...
Retired Former Scout leader from Cork arrested for alleged sexual assault of young boys
A former scout leader from Co. Cork was arrested and charged with 26 counts of sexual assault and 1 count of attempted sexual assault of former young boys from the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland. David Barry, age 72 from Firgrove Gardens, Bishopstown, County Cork was a former scout leader and...
Former Dublin school rugby coach admits sexual abuse of 23 victims
Former Dublin school teacher and rugby coach John McClean (aged 75) pleaded guilty at the Circuit Criminal Court to 27 charges of indecent assault to young schoolboys between the period of September 1973 to June 1990. McClean admitted to sexually abusing 23 males from the school in the 1970s and...
Brother accused of Sexual Abuse left in Africa
BROTHER ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE LEFT IN AFRICAfacebooklinkedininstagramIn 2012, Brother Aidan Clohessy in the St. John of Gods Order was officially withdrawn from public ministry in Mzuzu, the third largest city in Malawi after St John of God finally prompted a Gardaí investigation circling sexual...
Content Moderators
Facebook moderation firm Cognizant quits
A professional service firm, Cognizant has been requested to cease moderations of objectionable content regarding social media platforms; Facebook in particular. Based on the working conditions and mental health of employees of Arizona moderation center, having undergone investigation by an...
Facebook moderation firm Cognizant quits
A professional service firm, Cognizant has been requested to cease moderations of objectionable content regarding social media platforms; Facebook in particular. Based on the working conditions and mental health of employees of Arizona moderation center, having undergone investigation by an...
Moderators to take Facebook to court for ‘psychological trauma’
A number of former content moderators have been given the right of way by the personal injuries board to proceed with the Facebook case in the high court; 6 former moderators have claimed for personal injuries due to the content which they have been exposed to while employed by CLP in...
Mother and Baby Homes
Mother and Baby Home Commission facing challenges
Mother and Baby Home Commission facing challenges It has been revealed through the Commission of Investigation’s Third Interim Report that while some Catholic Orders of nuns which ran or staffed mother and baby institutions provided extensive documentation, others have said that very little...
Ombudsman’s Report Re Magdalene Laundries Restorative Justice Scheme
Ombudsman's Report Re Magdalene Laundries Restorative Justice Scheme “These women have waited long enough for justice,” The Ombudsman's Report entitled "Opportunity Lost", has now come out on the Ombudsman’s investigation into how the Department of Justice administered the Magdalene Laundries...
Lifting the Veil of Silence over Mother and Baby Homes Ireland
Lifting the Veil of Silence over Mother and Baby Homes In light of the recent discovery of human remains on a site in Tuam, Co. Galway, a Commission has been established to further investigate the circumstances surrounding these harrowing findings. Historical Mother and Baby Homes and Institutions...
Dolphin Trust Scandal
- Kathleen Dineen originally petitioned the High Court to wind up the company, MUT 103 Limited, on 18 December 2020. Kathleen Dineen is an investor in Dolphin Trust via special purposes vehicle company M.U.T. 103 Limited.
- Mr Justice O’Moore heard from both sides this afternoon, Monday 1 March 2021. Ms Dineen’s legal team were asking the Court for an order to wind up the company without further delay. Counsel for M.U.T. 103 Limited asked the Court to adjourn the petition to allow time for the Directors of M.U.T. 103 Limited to make contact with the investors to advise them of their options.
Judgment stood reserved until Wednesday, 10 March 2021 and we will update our clients again thereafter. If you have invested in Dolphin Trust and have yet to receive your promised returns, please contact our legal team for advice or read more.
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