Skip to content
HeyJared

Isabel Hayes

Reporter

Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
Latest publication
Jul 27, 2026
Outlet visibility, for westernpeople.ie
Top 100K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 10, 2026
The latest indexed work is over 30 days old. There may be a gap in what we hold.

Latest articles

  1. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · By Isabel Hayes and Eimear Dodd

    Former swim coach George Gibney accepts guilt for sexual abuse 50 years ago - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Former Olympian swim coach George Gibney accepts the guilty verdicts of the jury and will not appeal his convictions for sexually abusing young swimmers 50 years ago. Patrick Gageby SC, defending, told the Central Criminal Court sentence hearing on Monday that Gibney (78) now accepts his guilt. Gibney was found guilty by a jury of 39 counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape of four young swimmers between 1971 and 1981 following a trial last month. Gibney, of Breakwater Drive, A

  2. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Isabel Hayes

    Galway man called a 'monster' is jailed for raping his younger sister - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

    Read excerpt

    A Galway man who raped his younger sister about 40 years ago, putting her through “torture” and telling her their mother would die if she told anyone, has been jailed for six years. The woman, now in her late 40s, told her brother in her victim impact statement that he was “a devil, a monster, a wolf in sheep's clothing”. The 59-year-old man stood trial in the Central Criminal Court on a slew of charges relating to the alleged sexual abuse of his younger sibling when she was a child, and he was

  3. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Isabel Hayes

    Three sentenced over spree of burglaries at Dublin offices - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    A serial offender who engaged in a spree of burglaries, ransacking office properties and stealing electronic goods, has been jailed for three and a half years. Mark Byrne (41) had more than 150 previous convictions when he burgled a number of unoccupied premises in Dublin city centre, sometimes spending hours in the buildings and leaving them in a state of disarray, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Friday. On two occasions, he returned to the building he had trespassed in, bringing an acco

  4. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Isabel Hayes

    Robber jailed after driving car at victim and breaking his leg - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    A robber who drove his car at a victim, breaking his leg, has been jailed for this and for robbing a car in a separate incident. Evan Campbell (27) was jailed on Friday for two years for the 2023 offences, with Judge Jonathan Dunphy noting he has since made excellent progress in his rehabilitation and is a role model for other prisoners. The court heard Campbell, of Orchard Apartments, Greenwood, Dublin 13, took part in the robbery of a man and his partner who were walking through Santry village

  5. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Isabel Hayes and Eimear Dodd

    Deaf woman now feels 'safe' after years of abuse at hands of male relatives - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    A deaf and vulnerable woman who was sexually abused for years by several of her male relatives says she “now feels free” after years of being trapped and controlled by her family. Four of seven of the woman's family members were convicted last month of a combined total of 13 counts of abusing her following an eight-month trial in the Central Criminal Court. They are her uncle and three younger half brothers. One of the convicted brothers is on the run, with the court hearing gardaí have no infor

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

Top 100K sites

For westernpeople.ie, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026

Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Isabel Hayes