2021-12-20 · Waterford
Garda attacker wishes judges a 'Happy Christmas' after they cut his jail time
Dean Flynn, 25, a repeat offender with 55 convictions, had pleaded guilty to assaulting Garda Stephen Noonan and Garda Mark O'Dwyer after breaching a court order that barred him from his mother's house. The original sentence, imposed by Judge Eugene O'Kelly, was five years for the assault on Noonan and five months for the assault on O'Dwyer, both…