Cases and rulings mentioning French Park from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Central Criminal Court
2024-12-17
Courts News Ireland
A sex offender who was not charged for 26 years after he made “wholesale” admissions to gardaí about raping and abusing his young cousins has been jailed for 11 and a half years. The sentencing of Thomas Collins (59) today marked the end of decades of struggle for justice, his vi
Court of Appeal
2023-05-19
Courts News Ireland
A former priest and Irish Times columnist who was sentenced to four years in prison for sexual assaults on a school boy in the late 1990s has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal. Barry Fergal Jennings (57) of Cloonkeerin, Frenchpark, Co Roscommon, was convicted by u
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2022-05-06
Courts News Ireland
By Declan Brennan and Isabel Hayes A former priest and Irish Times columnists has been sentenced to four years in prison for multiple sexual assaults on a school boy in the 1990s. Barry Fergal Jennings (56) of Cloonkeerin, Frenchpark, Co Roscommon was convicted by unanimous jury
Court of Appeal
2021-10-19
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Osborn Irabor. Photo: Collins) The driver of a double-decker bus whose careless driving caused the death of a cyclist has lost his appeal against his conviction. Osborn Irabor (60) of French Park, Tyrrelstown, Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to careless driving causing
Court of Appeal
2021-01-26
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Osborn Irabor. Credit: Collins) A bus driver whose careless driving caused the death of a cyclist has appealed his conviction, saying the trial judge did not explain legal terms to the jury in a way they could understand. Osborn Irabor (60) of French Park, Tyrrelstown,
Court of Appeal
2020-02-03
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Garret Hevey. Credit: Collins) A fraudster who sold the same two forests in Co Roscommon “over and over again” to unsuspecting investors has been given an extra two years in jail on foot of an appeal by prosecutors. Garret Hevey (43) used the pseudonym James Baker when
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2019-07-29
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Garret Hevey. Credit: Collins) By Declan Brennan and Fiona Ferguson Two Dublin men have been jailed for a fraud in which they induced dozens to invest over €5m in a forestry investment scam. Garret Hevey (43) and David Peile (42) were involved in Arden Forestry Managem
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2019-03-19
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Garret Hevey. Credit: Collins) By Declan Brennan and Sonya McLean Two Dublin men ran a “Ponzi scheme” in which they induced dozens to invest over €5m in a forestry investment scam, a court has heard. Garret Hevey (43) and David Peile (42) were involved in Arden Forestr
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2018-11-12
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Osborn Irabor. Credit: Collins) Drivers must have particular regard to the vulnerability of cyclists on the road, a judge has said in the sentencing of a bus driver whose driving caused the death of cyclist. Osborn Irabor (58), of French Park, Tyrrelstown, Dublin had p
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2018-10-24
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Osborn Irabor. Credit: Collins) A jury has found a driver with Dublin Bus guilty of careless driving causing the death of a cyclist on a winter's night in 2014. Osborn Irabor (58) of French Park, Tyrrelstown, Dublin had pleaded not guilty to careless driving causing th
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2018-10-24
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Mr Osborn Irabor. Credit: Collins) At least three Dublin Bus buses were observed cutting the corner of a junction where another bus fatally struck a cyclist two years earlier, a court has heard. Colin Glynn, a forensic collision investigator, was giving evidence in the
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2018-10-23
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Mr Osborn Irabor. Credit: Collins) A driver for Dublin Bus has gone on trial charged with careless driving causing the death of a cyclist on a winter's night in 2014. Osborn Irabor (58) of French Park, Tyrrelstown, Dublin has pleaded not guilty to careless driving caus
