Mr Justice Charleton

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Mr Justice Peter Charleton. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill
Supreme Court judge’s ‘very specific’ dietary choices outlined for legal staff

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.” So reads the Oscar Wilde quote that opens a document instructing legal staff (...)

The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law requiring that a mandatory five year minimum sentence be imposed on some persons convicted under a section of the Firearms Act.
Supreme Court rules mandatory firearm sentence unconstitutional

The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law requiring that a mandatory five year minimum sentence be imposed on some persons convicted under(...)

Special Rapporteur on Child Protection Geoffrey Shannon who submitted a report to the Cabinet on Tuesday. Photograph: The Irish Times
Call for forensic investigators to examine historic child abuse claims

Claims of historic child abuse should be examined by specialist forensic investigators independent of Tusla, the child and family agency, the Special (...)

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said he believes certain aspects of the Charleton report were drafted specifically for his attention. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times.
Harris believes parts of Charleton report written directly to him

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said he believes certain aspects of the Charleton report were drafted specifically for his attention. Speaking to (...)

Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe: “a good citizen and police officer”. Photograph: Séamus Kiernan/Westmeath Topic
Maurice McCabe ‘repulsively denigrated’ by Martin Callinan

The Disclosures Tribunal has delivered a devastating finding against former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan, who it found conducted a “campaign of (...)

Mr Justice Charleton accepted evidence by HSE staff member Laura Brophy about how she made the mistake and called it an ‘horrendous coincidence’. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
‘No need’ for tribunal if Tusla owned up to false rape allegation

If Tusla had owned up to mistakenly accusing garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe of rape, there would likely have been no need for the Disclosures (...)

Sgt Maurice McCabe, after giving evidence at the Disclosures Tribunal pictured with his wife Lorraine in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Disclosures Tribunal finds Callinan led ‘campaign of calumny’ against McCabe

The Charleton Tribunal report published today is damning for former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, but a vindication for his successor, Nóirín O(...)

Mr Justice Peter Charleton, at the Disclosures Tribunal at Dublin Castle. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Callinan said Sgt McCabe was child sex abuser – Tribunal

Former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan described whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe as a child sex abuser, the Disclosures Tribunal has found. And M(...)

Retired judge, Mr Justice Sean Ryan, chairperson , at the launch of TCommission to Inquire into Child Abuse Report, in Dublin. File photograph: Eric Luke
Judge Charleton will be replaced by Sean Ryan on Disclosures Tribunal

Peter Charleton, the judge presiding over the Disclosures Tribunal, is to leave the post and return to the Supreme Court on conclusion of the current (...)

In his report, Mr Justice Peter Charleton will rule on evidence that has been heard as to whether then Garda commissioner Martin Callinan smeared Sgt Maurice McCabe. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Charleton evidence raises questions about damaging claims made

A number of serious allegations against former Garda commisssioner Nóirín O’Sullivan and others have been strongly challenged by the evidence heard ov(...)

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