Richard Church

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The scene of the crime on December 24th, 2017, at Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, where Stephanie Ng was assaulted. File photograph: Dave Meehan
Stephanie Ng case: Huge debate at DPP over decision to appeal boy’s sentence

In recent years the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has shown an increasing tendency to appeal sentences it considers too soft – b(...)

The scene near Dún Laoghaire Baths where Stephanie Ng was viciously assaulted. Photograph: Dave Meehan
‘It was like he was in the horrors’: The story of a boy who tried to murder a woman in Dún Laoghaire

The iPhone app was supposed to offer some level of reassurance – it would show the location of the 15-year-old boy as he moved around Dún Laoghaire an(...)

A view along the seafront at Queen’s Road, Dún Laoghaire. Image: Google Maps
Boy (15) who attempted to murder woman in Dún Laoghaire watched extreme porn, court told

A 15-year-old boy who attempted to murder a young woman in Dún Laoghaire after meeting her online was watching extreme pornography and accessing the d(...)

A man holds a placard depicting the story of David and Goliath at a demonstration in support of Greece, in Madrid last week – “It is sad indeed that this weekend, the Greek David in its confrontation with the Goliathesque champions of austerity is viewed with such contempt by the Irish government”. Photograph: Gerard Julien /AFP/Getty Images
Diarmaid Ferriter: Disdain for Greek plight reflects erosion of Europe’s basic values

Whatever about the Government’s disdain for Greece’s plight and what Syriza rightly identifies as the idiocy and unfairness of “extend and pretend”(...)