Gerard Dowling committed after attempted murder case

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Gerard Dowling was committed to the Central Mental Hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity on attempted murder and assault charges in the Central Criminal Court, reported on 7 November 2017.

The report said Justice Paul McDermott considered the hospital appropriate for Dowling’s ongoing treatment and necessary for his safety and that of others. Dowling had been charged over an incident in which a stranger was stabbed in the head at Market Cross Shopping Centre in Kilkenny.