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1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Niamh O'Donoghue

   Convicted killer left with brain injuries after prison attack may not be fit to plead to new charges (opens the original)

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   A convicted killer who was left with a brain injury after he was attacked in a prison yard may not be fit to plead to new charges. Stephen Kearney (40) of no fixed abode but previously of Coultry Drive, Ballymun, Dublin, was jailed for eight years in 2006 after he was given a 10-year sentence with the final two years suspended for manslaughter and threatening to kill a garda. Kearney was not present at the mention hearing before Judge Orla Crowe in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday. He

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2. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Niamh O'Donoghue

   Man gets barring order against son who threatened to kill him (opens the original)

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   An elderly man who said his son had threatened to kill him has been granted an interim barring order against him, having received similar orders in the past. Reading the man’s written statement at Dublin District Family Court earlier this week, Judge Gerard Furlong said: “He threatened you and said he’d effing kill you. You rang gardaí and they advised you to come back here.” The court heard the middle-aged son lived in the man’s home. Another son, who is his carer, also lives with hi

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