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

Frances McGregor

3 reports across 1 case, 1 May 2026 to 11 May 2026

Victim: Frances McGregor, Irish woman (judged from name)Frances McGregor

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Sexual assault, Attempted rape
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
3 reports, 1 May 2026 to 11 May 2026
Outlets
rte.ie, irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Frances McGregor (right) with her mother Kathleen outside the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday, after her cousin Edward McGregor of Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, was jailed
Frances McGregor (right) with her mother Kathleen outside the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday, after her cousin Edward McGregor of Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, was jailed
PhotoCollins Courtsvia irishtimes.com, 11 May 2026

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Cases

latest first
  • Man jailed for nine years for sexual assault of cousins in Dublin Sexual assault · Co. Dublin

    Edward McGregor, 55, of Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, groomed and sexually abused his two young cousins, Frances McGregor and Caitriona Carr, while babysitting them between 1986 and 1993, when the sisters were aged six to 13. The abuse, which included oral rape and attempted rape, took place mainly at the victims' family home in Dublin 7 and partly at McGregor's family home in Ballymun, Dublin 9. The offending came to light in 2019 when Carr told her husband, and McGregor entered guilty pleas to 15 offences in November 2025 as his trial was about to begin for a third time. In May 2026, the Central Criminal Court sentenced him to nine years in jail, with the final year suspended, and ordered him to be registered as a sex offender.

    Sentenced, 1 May 2026Victim · 3 reports

Timeline

every report naming Frances McGregor, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 11 May2026
    Sentencedrte.ie, in Man jailed for nine years for sexual assault of cousins in Dublin
    Man jailed for nine years over sexual assault of cousins
    victim, Frances McGregor, female, irish (judged from name)Frances McGregor
  2. 11 May2026
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man jailed for nine years for sexual assault of cousins in Dublin
    Babysitter who sexually abused his two young cousins jailed for nine years
    victim, Frances McGregor, female, irish (judged from name)Frances McGregor
  3. 1 May2026
    Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Man jailed for nine years for sexual assault of cousins in Dublin
    Man who sexually abused two young cousins he was babysitting jailed for nine years
    victim, Frances McGregor, female, irish (judged from name)Frances McGregor

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