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

Vanessa Merrigan

Born between December 1973 and December 1974, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 28 Dec 2021 to 28 Dec 2021

Victim: Vanessa Merrigan, Irish woman, 47 (judged from name)Vanessa Merrigan

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between December 1973 and December 1974, from the ages reported
Offences
Sexual assault; indecent assault
Where
Co. Tipperary
Reporting
1 report, 28 Dec 2021 to 28 Dec 2021
Outlets
tipperarylive.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Tipperary man sentenced for indecent and sexual assault of two relatives Sexual assault; indecent assault · Co. Tipperary

    Michael Ryan, 67, of Rathanny, Tipperary, was convicted by a jury in November 2021 of five counts of indecently assaulting his relative Vanessa Merrigan and one count of sexually assaulting his relative Sarah O'Connell, both teenagers, between December 1987 and December 1990. One indecent assault took place at Bansha Woods, Tipperary. Merrigan reported the offences to Tipperary Garda Station in September 2018, and Ryan was arrested in February 2019. He pleaded not guilty but was found guilty at trial, and on 17 December 2021 at Kilkenny Circuit Court he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years.

    Sentenced, 28 Dec 2021Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Vanessa Merrigan, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 28 Dec2021
    Sentencedtipperarylive.ie, in Tipperary man sentenced for indecent and sexual assault of two relatives
    Tipperary man (67) jailed for sexual assault of two relatives when they were teenagers
    victim, Vanessa Merrigan, 47, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa Merrigan

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