Ireland Crime

Full trial report covering jury empanelment, evidence from all four complainants, guilty pleas, directed not-guilty verdicts on 33 counts, closing speeches, and the 40 guilty verdicts returned on 6 July 2026.

Reports that the jury resumed deliberations on 3 July 2026 after a one-day delay due to an unavailable juror, and provides a detailed breakdown of the 79 original counts, the five guilty pleas, and the 33 counts on which jurors were directed to return not guilty verdicts.

Reports that the jury was to resume deliberations on Friday after one juror was unavailable on Thursday, and provides a detailed breakdown of the 79 original charges, the five guilty pleas, and the 33 counts on which jurors were directed to return not guilty verdicts.

Reports the jury beginning deliberations, the judge's directions on 33 counts, the breakdown of charges per complainant, and the full closing speeches from both prosecution and defence.

Trial evidence about the accused's responses to charges when arrested; prosecution case closed and jury sent home.

Provides detailed trial testimony from the third complainant and her sister, including the cross-examination by defence barrister Patrick Gageby, the sister's account of finding her sister in a state of panic after the alleged attempted rape at a sports camp in summer 1975, and the complainant's description of the locations and forms of abuse.

Third complainant gives evidence about abuse at a 1975 summer camp and in the accused's car; trial continues before Judge Mícheál O'Higgins.

Trial day two: complainant evidence describing specific incidents of abuse, prosecution senior counsel James Dwyer's opening statement detailing allegations against all four girls, and judge's direction to the jury.

First day of trial coverage: prosecution opening address by James Dwyer SC and evidence from the first complainant describing abuse from age 13 to 14, including at a disco, in the accused's office, car, bedroom and home.