James Tony Maher jailed for abusing boys after DPP appeal

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James Tony Maher was sentenced to three years for abusing boys by the Court of Criminal Appeal, reported on 10 February 2015. The offences against two boys took place in Ennis between 1982 and 1985.

Maher had pleaded guilty to 18 counts and was originally given two years in prison at Ennis Circuit Court in January 2013. The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed that sentence as too lenient, and the appeal court increased the term by one year.