Gardaí Reclassify Fiona Pender Case as Murder Investigation After Nearly Three Decades The Gardaí have officially reclassified the long-standing disappearance case of Fiona Pender as a murder investigation, nearly 29 years after the young woman vanished from her home in Tullamore, County Offaly. This marks the first time authorities have formally designated the case as involving suspected foul play. Pender, …
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John McClean, already serving a lengthy prison term for the abuse of dozens of boys, has been found guilty once more—this time for sexually abusing four additional teenagers. Despite the new convictions, the 80-year-old will not serve any extra time behind bars due to a prior ruling that capped his sentence. McClean, once a respected teacher and rugby coach at …
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A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for a violent and prolonged attack on his wife, which included rape, sexual assault, false imprisonment, and threats to kill. The assault took place at their home in Dublin in September 2023. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was …
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Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, a barrister, law lecturer, and farmer, has been acquitted of the murder of Keith Conlon, a 35-year-old man who was trespassing on his land in February 2022. The verdict was delivered after a lengthy trial at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court. The jury, consisting of nine men and three women, deliberated for over six hours across two days …
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