A Summerhill College teacher, a Sea Scouts leader and a person who was described as trusted in the community was sentenced to one year and 9 months in prison for sexually assaulting three teenage boys in the late 70s and 1980s at Sligo Circuit Court yesterday (Monday, February 1st).
Edward Tighe (73) of Salmon Court, Ballisodare pleaded guilty to four counts of indecent assault in 1978, 1982 and 1986, during the time he was an English and Latin teacher in Summerhill.
The case, heard by Judge Francis Comerford, was told that one of the victims, Patrick Walsh, wanted to waive his right to anonymity. All three men had harrowing Victim Impact Statements read out in court which detailed the serious consequences the abuse they suffered had on them, their families and their relationships in the decades that followed.
Bus driver who caused death of cyclist appeals conviction
Appeal over 2014 Dublin driving accident
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A bus driver whose careless driving caused the death of a cyclist has appealed his conviction, saying the trial judge did not explain legal terms to the jury in a way they could understand.
Osborn Irabor (60) of French Park, Tyrrelstown, Dublin was found guilty at the Circuit Criminal Court in 2018 of careless driving causing the death of Mary White (55) on November 17, 2014.
At the three-judge Court of Appeal today (TUE) Patrick Gageby SC for Irabor said that after the jury was sent out to begin their deliberations they returned and asked the judge to elaborate in layman s terms some legal principles in the case. Mr Gageby said Judge Francis Comerford then re-charged the jury using legal rather than layman s terms, such as appreciable , due care and attention , prudent and adverting . He said: The amount of legal language which surrounded this was, i
A bus driver whose careless driving caused the death of a cyclist has appealed his conviction, saying the trial judge did not explain legal terms to the jury in a way they could understand.
Osborn Irabor (60) of French Park, Tyrrelstown, Dublin was found guilty at the Circuit Criminal Court in 2018 of careless driving causing the death of Mary White (55) on November 17, 2014.
At the three-judge Court of Appeal today Patrick Gageby SC for Irabor said that after the jury was sent out to begin their deliberations they returned and asked the judge to elaborate in layman s terms some legal principles in the case.