A DUBLIN man has been charged with online harassment of female journalists and writers.
Brendan Doolin (38) appeared in Dublin District Court today charged with offences against four women, alleged to have happened two years ago.
Judge Flann Brennan remanded him in custody, to appear in court again on a date next week.
Mr Doolin, with an address at Leighlin Road, Crumlin is charged with harassing the four named women in various locations on dates between April and August in 2019.
The charges are under Section 10 of the Non Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.
Detective Garda Paul Fitzpatrick from the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau gave evidence of arrest charge and caution.
AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA will attack cybercrime in the new year with a massive investment in state-of-the-art technology and additional staff dedicated to the fight.
A decryption suite, which cost an estimated €500,000, will be at the forefront of the campaign and will hugely reduce the amount of time spent by technical experts on cracking locked devices.
The suite is almost ready for use by the Garda s National Cybercrime Bureau, which has been boosted by the recruitment of an additional 59 officers.
The officers were taken on after an internal competition and they will fill vacancies at detective ranks ranging from garda up to inspector.