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Court reports mentioning the name James Maher

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2023-01-24 · Dublin

'Incorrigible' drug dealer jumped into canal to avoid gardai

James Maher, 32, of Kilcronin Crescent, Clondalkin, was jailed for 32 months after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine and cannabis for sale or supply on 23 August 2020. While on bail, he was seen by Sergeant Peter Smith on patrol around the Grand Canal in Clondalkin, acting suspiciously and placing items from a ditch into a shopping bag on his…

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2022-10-06 · Dublin

Drugs 'gilly' jailed after two raids on home

James Maher, 32, of Clondalkin, Dublin, was sentenced at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for three counts of possession of drugs for sale or supply. He pleaded guilty to all charges. The court heard that on April 2, 2020, Maher was observed discarding a backpack and a package containing cocaine and cannabis while fleeing from gardaí. Subsequent…

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2018-03-20 · Dublin

Abuser who was told he would "answer to God" fails in appeal against sentence

James Maher, 64, of Cherry Orchard Green, Ballyfermot, was found guilty of six counts of sexually abusing his nephews between 1980 and 1984. The nephews, aged eight to thirteen at the time, waived anonymity and described the abuse as "like an animal." One nephew said he had considered murdering Maher but decided against it, stating he would…

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2017-10-02 · Dublin

Uncle repeatedly raped two young nephews

James Maher, aged 64, was jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to six counts of sexually abusing his two nephews between 1980 and 1984. The victims, aged eight and six at the time of the first abuse, were abused at various locations in Dublin. Maher admitted to indecent assault and other sexual offences, describing the abuse as "pain and…

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2015-02-10 · Ennis, Clare

Former hurling coach returned to jail over indecent assaults following successful DPP appeal

In February 2015 the Court of Appeal ordered the return of 71‑year‑old former hurling coach James Maher to prison after finding his original two‑year sentence for indecently assaulting two boys between 1982 and 1985 too lenient. Maher had pleaded guilty to 18 counts and received a concurrent two‑year term on each count in 2013. The Director of…

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2015-01-15 · Ennis, Clare

DPP appeals against two-year sentence imposed on Clare man convicted of indecent assault

James Maher, 71, of Clonroad Beg, Ennis, was convicted of 18 counts of indecent assault on two boys between 1982 and 1985. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced on 14 January 2013 to two years imprisonment on each count, with the sentences running concurrently, by Judge Carroll Moran at Ennis Circuit Criminal Court. The Director of Public…

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