2020-09-24 · Tipperary
Foster father seeks to have rape conviction overturned
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment on an appeal by Richard Moloney, a 42-year-old man from Roscrea, Co Tipperary, who seeks to have his convictions for rape and two other sexual offences declared unsound. Moloney was found guilty by a jury in July 2019 of raping his then 16-year-old foster daughter, Ciara Monaghan, at their home in 2016.…