Leona O Callaghan
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Nearly 20% risk patients with suicidal ideation will self-harm inside five years, study finds
- Health
- June 18, 2020, 00:52
Almost one-fifth of people who go to hospital with suicidal ideation will return having self-harmed within five years, Irish researchers have fou(...)

‘Our legal system gave my rapist a free rape,’ survivor tells lawyers
- Crime & Law
- May 26, 2019, 06:00
A woman who was raped as a child has told a Bar Council conference that while she continued to function through her childhood, she collapsed when havi(...)

All-Ireland hurling winners crowned Limerick’s ‘People of the Year’
- Irish News
- February 21, 2019, 21:30
All-Ireland senior hurling champions Limerick were crowned the county’s People of the Year at a ceremony on Thursday. Vickey Phelan, whose High Court(...)

Abuse survivors campaigner says ‘victims spend years in limbo’
- Crime & Law
- January 21, 2019, 02:50
Shaneda Daly is one of Ireland’s most powerful campaigners for abuse survivors. She’s helped set up an umbrella group for others like her, called Surv(...)

Leona O’Callaghan sets up support group for survivors
- Social Affairs
- January 16, 2019, 21:03
Limerick woman Leona O’Callaghan, whose rapist was jailed for attacks on her when she was 13-years-old, has called for changes to sentencing practice (...)

Public attitude change towards rape needed, says Blackwell
- Crime & Law
- November 20, 2018, 11:22
The director of Dublin’s Rape Crisis Centre, Noeline Blackwell, says there needs to be a change in legislation and in public attitudes towards rape. (...)

‘Let me be clear, you did not win’ – Leona O’Callaghan tells rapist
- Criminal Court
- November 19, 2018, 16:28
A 52-year-old Limerick man was jailed for 17 years on Monday for the rape of Leona O’Callaghan in a graveyard when she was aged 13. The now 37-year-o(...)

Limerick man who raped girl (13) jailed for 17 years
- Criminal Court
- November 19, 2018, 12:35
A Limerick man has been jailed for 17 years after he raped a 13-year-old girl in a graveyard and manipulated her and isolated her from her friends. P(...)

UL makes settlements of up to €150,000 with whistleblowers
- Education
- June 18, 2018, 01:00
The University of Limerick (UL) has made financial settlements in the region of €150,000 with three key whistleblowers who highlighted a series of all(...)

UL lifts suspension of whistleblowers whose claims sparked inquiry
- Education
- November 23, 2017, 20:50
University of Limerick (UL) is to lift the suspension of two whistleblowers whose allegations helped spark an independent investigation into malpracti(...)