Thursday 29 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

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Case No. 7661Child cruelty; assault causing harm · Co. Dublin

Garda convicted of child cruelty against daughters, remanded for sentence

A 48-year-old man, a serving member of An Garda Síochána who has been suspended since December 2024, was tried at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin. The charges concerned his two daughters, now aged 24 and 17, with cruelty offences spanning 2007 to 2024 and an assault causing harm between late 2021 and early 2022. He was acquitted of two counts of raping his wife but convicted of two counts of child cruelty and one count of assault causing harm against his older daughter, and one count of child cruelty against his younger daughter. He has been remanded on continuing bail until October for finalisation of sentence, with a Probation Service report and a psychological report ordered for the sentencing hearing.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Convicted27 Jul
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • The defendant is a 48-year-old man and a serving member of An Garda Síochána who became a garda in 2004.
  • He has been on suspension since December 2024.
  • He has no previous convictions and had completed a parenting course.
  • The complainants are his two daughters, who are 24 and 17 years old.
Other details
The 24-year-old daughter said she was left with extreme anxiety, depression, anger and grief.
Where
The trial took place at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.
When
  • The cruelty offences against the older daughter occurred between 2007 and 2020.
  • The assault causing harm against the older daughter occurred between late 2021 and early 2022, after she turned 18.
  • The child cruelty count against the younger daughter occurred between 2015 and 2024.
Charges
He was charged with two counts of child cruelty and one count of assault causing harm against the older daughter, and one count of child cruelty against the younger daughter.
In court
  • He was acquitted of two counts of raping his wife, and he accepted the jury's verdicts on the remaining counts.
  • He was convicted of two counts of child cruelty and one count of assault causing harm.
Sentence
He was remanded on continuing bail until October for finalisation of sentence, and no sentence has yet been imposed.
18 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe defendant is a 48-year-old man (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man is a serving member of An Garda Síochána (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man has been on suspension since December 2024 (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man became a garda in 2004 (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man has no previous convictions (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe older daughter is 24 years old (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe younger daughter is 17 years old (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe 24-year-old daughter said she had been left with extreme anxiety, depression, anger and grief (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man had completed a parenting course (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe child cruelty offences against the older daughter occurred between 2007 and 2020 (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe assault causing harm occurred between late 2021 and early 2022 (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe child cruelty count against the younger daughter occurred between 2015 and 2024 (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe man was acquitted of two counts of raping his wife (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe man was convicted of two counts of child cruelty and one count of assault causing harm (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe man was remanded on continuing bail to October for finalisation of sentence (irishtimes.com)
  • courtA Probation Service report and psychological report were ordered for the sentencing hearing (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe trial took place at the Central Criminal Court (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe man accepted the jury's verdicts (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 27 Jul2026
    Convictedirishtimes.com, first report
    Garda who verbally and emotionally abused daughters on continuing bail ahead of sentence

    Reports the conviction and remand on continuing bail for sentence, details of the offences spanning 2007–2024, victim-impact statements from both daughters, and that the garda has been suspended since December 2024.

    convicted, 48, malevictim, 24, femalevictim, 17, femalevictim, female