Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Danielle Lawless

1 report across 1 case, 10 May 2024 to 10 May 2024

Victim: Danielle Lawless, Irish woman (judged from name)Danielle Lawless

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Sexual offences (oral rape and sexual assault)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 10 May 2024 to 10 May 2024
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Danielle Lawless waived her right to anonymity to allow her father, of Elmdale Crescent, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, to be named
Danielle Lawless waived her right to anonymity to allow her father, of Elmdale Crescent, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, to be named
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishtimes.com, 10 May 2024

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Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced to 10 years for sexual offences in Dublin Sexual offences (oral rape and sexual assault) · Co. Dublin

    Gerard Lawless, 61, sexually abused his daughter Danielle Lawless between 1991 and 1998 at the family home in Dublin, with the abuse including inappropriate touching, masturbation and oral sex. The victim told her mother about the abuse in 2018 before making a complaint to gardaí, and Lawless was interviewed voluntarily in 2019. He pleaded guilty to four counts of oral rape and seven counts of sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court, with the plea accepted by the Director of Public Prosecutions before the trial. Lawless was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with three years' post-release supervision and a no-contact order.

    Sentenced, 10 May 2024Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Danielle Lawless, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 10 May2024
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man sentenced to 10 years for sexual offences in Dublin
    Retired Defence Forces member who ‘groomed’ young daughter jailed for 10 years for sexual abuse
    victim, Danielle Lawless, female, irish (judged from name)Danielle Lawless

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