Ireland Named in reporting
Luke
Born between May 2004 and May 2005, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 3 cases, 5 Jan 2024 to 8 Dec 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Between May 2004 and May 2005, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Arson (criminal damage by fire), Sexual abuse (indecent assault), Assault
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 3 reports, 5 Jan 2024 to 8 Dec 2025
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, dublinlive.ie
Cases
latest first- Former teacher sentenced to 10 years for indecent assault in Blackrock Sexual abuse (indecent assault) · Co. Dublin
Peter Kelly, 73, a former maths teacher at Willow Park primary school in Blackrock, Dublin, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 8 December 2025 for 28 counts of indecent assault of eight boys aged 10 to 13 in the 1970s and 1980s. The abuse involved Kelly taking boys under his black cloak and running his hands over their torsos and buttocks under the guise of tickling. A complaint was made in 2001, leading to Kelly's resignation in 2004, but the DPP decided not to prosecute at that time. Kelly was convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury after a two-week trial in November 2025 and did not accept the verdict. Judge Elma Sheahan imposed a global consecutive sentence of 10 years, noting aggravating factors including breach of trust and age disparity, and mitigating factors including no prior convictions and ill health.
Sentenced, 8 Dec 2025Victim · 1 report - Juvenile charged over Ballyfermot arson attack Arson (criminal damage by fire) · Co. Dublin
On 21 May 2025, a petrol bomb was thrown through the front window of a home on Landen Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, in what gardaí said was a case of mistaken identity. Pat Curran, 68, his wife Breda, and their son Luke, 20, were in the home; their dog Zach died in the blaze and Breda and Luke were treated for smoke inhalation. Two males, one in his 20s and one juvenile in his teens, were arrested and charged on 3 July 2025, and a further juvenile in his teens was arrested and charged on 4 July 2025. The man in his 20s was due to appear at the Criminal Courts of Justice and the first juvenile at the Children's Court on 4 July 2025, while the second juvenile is due to appear at Dublin District Court on 5 July 2025.
Charged, 21 May 2025Victim · 1 report - Autistic boy's knee dislocated in alleged Luas attack, Dublin Assault · Co. Dublin
On 24 December 2023 (Christmas Eve), a boy named Luke, who has autism, was allegedly attacked by two men on a Luas tram in Dublin while travelling into Grafton Street, according to his mother, Rowena. The men allegedly punched and kicked him, dislocating his knee, and taunted him about his autistic presentation and intellectual disability. Fellow passengers stopped the Luas and helped him off, and he was treated in A&E until the early hours of Christmas morning. The case was reported on 5 January 2024 by dublinlive.ie and the Irish Mirror, which contacted gardaí for comment. As of that report, no response from gardaí and no arrest had been reported.
Reported, 5 Jan 2024Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Luke, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 8 Dec2025
- 29 May2025‘Waking up in hell’: Family subject to mistaken Dublin arson attack told ‘it wasn’t meant for youse’victim, Luke, 20, male, irish (judged from name)Luke
- 5 Jan2024Christmas Eve 'attack' on Luas leaves autistic boy with dislocated kneevictim, Luke, maleLuke
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