A third defendant (now 18) who was found guilty of aiding and abetting the rapes by moving the car in which it occurred was jailed for three and a half years.

A lawyer said the court was waiting for an assessment over whether ex-DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife was fit to stand trial later this year.

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The 57-year-old man was jailed for 10 years last year after he pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping a 16-year-old girl

Oliver Berry of Newtown Lawns, Mullingar, had pleaded not guilty to 25 counts of indecent assault relating to Sharon Berry, but was convicted following a trial in June 2023.

In a victim impact statement read to the court by the woman’s friend who sat beside her throughout the trial, she said she suffered from “flashbacks” and “her whole life had changed”.

Kieran Meaney, of Hennessy Street, Killee, Co Limerick, was found guilty by a jury of 14 counts of indecently assaulting the two sisters

Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring lifted reporting restrictions in the case, but ordered that no details could be reported that might lead to the identification of the victim.

At the Court of Appeal on Thursday, Maurice Coffey SC, defence counsel for the man, brought a single ground of appeal before the three-judge court.

A former school teacher and convicted rapist has been told he will spend another five years in jail after being convicted of indecently assaulting eight boys

James Quigley was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court in July 2023 of 12 counts, including sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, rape, anal rape and oral rape of the now 18-year-old.

In a victim impact statement read out by counsel at a Central Criminal Court sentence hearing on Monday, the now 18-year-old woman said that while she has to live with what happened to her for the rest of the life, she can also live with the fact that she told the truth.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt described it as a “repugnant feature” of the case that his “own flesh and blood [was] abused in a massive breach of trust”

A 62-year-old landlord who plied his female tenant with alcohol and then raped her has been jailed for seven years

In an interview with RTÉ the woman (named Kate to protect her anonymity) said that despite the intimidation she had faced in the courtroom and the men's lack of respect and remorse, she had used her voice to show them she would not accept what they had done.

A third teenager was also found not guilty of false imprisonment of the same girl today

The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted by a margin of 10 -1 on both counts at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork on Monday

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been in the Oberstown detention campus for children since February of this year. He was detained after he was found guilty of the oral and vaginal rape of a girl two years ago.

Padraic Troy (29) was convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court late last year of two counts of rape, anal rape and two sexual assaults of the woman in 2021.

Paul Kelly (46) was a teenager himself when he began abusing his then ten-year-old brother. He was jailed on Thursday for seven and a half years.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt said at a previous hearing that it was odd that people did not believe the women, especially after the accused men had pleaded guilty.

The 25-year-old man was convicted following a trial earlier this year of the rape, sexual assault, false imprisonment and making threats to kill his wife at the family home in Dublin

Imposing sentence on Thursday, Mr Justice Paul Burns noted “to say the facts of this matter are disturbing is something of an understatement”.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court convicted Riad Hamzi (51) last December of a single count of rape

Mr McGregor’s side will say the trial judge, Mr Justice Alex Owens, made legal and factual errors in his directions on the treatment of evidence and in his charge to the jury.

Michael Molloy (25), from Gorey, Co Wexford, was found guilty by unanimous jury verdicts

Randi Gladstone (41), formally from Guyana, has 19 previous convictions from the UK, which include convictions for rape, kidnapping, robbery and false imprisonment

Sonya Stokes told a demonstration held at City Hall on Thursday evening that her ab and all other convicted sex offenders should be housed on “Spike Island".

Mr Justice Tony Hunt said it was odd that people did not believe the women, especially after the accused men have pleaded guilty and that there was not acceptance in the wider family.

Christopher O'Grady (33) , formerly of Muirhevnamor, Dundalk, Co Louth, had denied the single count of raping the then 19-year-old woman on January 1st, 2019. He was homeless at the time and is in custody.

The man maintains his innocence, does not accept the jury's verdicts and intends to appeal, the court heard

The woman is over three decades younger than the landlord.

The 50-year-old man pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a date between January 2016 and August 2017 at an address in Co. Dublin when the victim was around 12 years old.

The offending took place on dates between January 2013 and June 2018 at locations in Co. Dublin and Co. Galway

The family of the Donegal woman travelled to India for the verdict.

Edward Molyneaux was last month found guilty by unanimous verdict of more than 60 counts of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter

Martin Burke (28) was handed a 17-year sentence, with the final two years suspended.

The mixed martial arts fighter had been ordered by an Irish court not to share the CCTV footage which was used in the civil case against him.

The three men had pleaded not guilty to a total of seven counts of rape, oral rape and sexual assault

Edmund O'Sullivan (32) was sleeping rough in Tralee after being released from prison 10 days earlier

Forensic examiner gave evidence on Monday hat she analysed a sexual offences examination kit and clothing seized from the woman.

The 36-year-old man was handed a global sentence of nine years with the final year suspended for the rape and sexual assault of his younger sister.

He had pleaded not guilty to a total of six charges - two charges of rape, two charges of oral rape, a charge of anal rape and a charge of sexual assault.

The three men, aged between 34 and 42, with addresses in Dublin and Wicklow, have pleaded not guilty to a total of seven counts of rape, oral rape and sexual assault of the woman.

The woman said she regretted not receiving any counselling following rapes perpetrated on her by Paul Arthur

The rapes of the three children committed took place when the defendant was a teenager over 20 years ago

The court heard the front door of the couple’s home was “riveted shut” and Ms O'Meara had no means of communication with the outside world before she escaped to the home of an acquaintance

In January 2023, the man, who suffers ill health, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with the final year suspended

Dmitrus Aleinkovs (31) was convicted at the Central Criminal Court of one count of rape in June 2016

MMA star Mr McGregor should pay the entire cost of her civil action at the higher level, thought to be well over €1million, the High Court has been urged by Ms Hand’s counsel.