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

Niall Molloy

1 report across 1 case, 11 Oct 2022 to 11 Oct 2022

Victim: Niall Molloy, Irish man (judged from name)Niall Molloy

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Manslaughter; bodily harm
Where
Co. Offaly
Reporting
1 report, 11 Oct 2022 to 11 Oct 2022
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Fr Niall Molloy: in one of the documents written by Richard Flynn he said Fr Molloy started staying regularly in his, Mr Flynn’s home, from about six years after he got married
Fr Niall Molloy: in one of the documents written by Richard Flynn he said Fr Molloy started staying regularly in his, Mr Flynn’s home, from about six years after he got married
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishtimes.com, 11 Oct 2022

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Cases

latest first
  • Man acquitted of manslaughter in 1985 priest's death in Co Offaly Manslaughter; bodily harm · Co. Offaly

    Fr Niall Molloy's badly-beaten body was found in his bedroom at Kilcoursey House, Clara, Co Offaly, in July 1985. The priest had a bedroom in the Flynn family home and was involved in business dealings with Richard and Therese Flynn. Richard Flynn, a man, was charged with manslaughter and bodily harm, but the presiding judge, the late Frank Roe, ordered the jury to return a verdict of not guilty hours after the trial opened. In 2022, an RTÉ programme reported newly obtained documents in which Flynn described headbutting the priest and seeing his wife asleep in the priest's bed.

    Acquitted, 11 Oct 2022Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Niall Molloy, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 11 Oct2022
    Acquittedirishtimes.com, in Man acquitted of manslaughter in 1985 priest's death in Co Offaly
    Man cleared of manslaughter said he saw his wife in priest’s bed - RTE report
    victim, Niall Molloy, male, irish (judged from name)Niall Molloy

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