Court of Appeal hearing appeal against ‘unduly lenient’ punishment for former soldier for attacking Natasha O’Brien in Limerick ...

There was enormous alarm over the case of Cathal Crotty, at the time a serving Irish soldier, who beat a woman unconscious in ...

Natasha O'Brien says her faith in the justice system has been restored after her attacker Cathal Crotty was handed prison ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) argued that the fully suspended three-year sentence imposed last year was unduly ...

The Court of Appeal has overturned the fully suspended sentence handed down to former soldier Cathal Crotty and jailed him ...

The Court of Appeal has ruled a three-year wholly suspended sentence imposed on former soldier Cathal Crotty for beating a woman unconscious in a random attack was unduly lenient and jailed him for ...

Natasha O’Brien said she felt “seen and heard” for the first time in an Irish court, as her attacker Cathal Crotty began a two-year jail sentence.

Two and a half years ago, on 29 May 2022, Natasha O’Brien was violently attacked on the streets of Limerick city for asking a ...

Cathal Crotty attacked Natasha O'Brien in Limerick in 2022 after she asked him to stop shouting homophobic abuse.

Activist Natasha O'Brien has spoken out after Cathal Crotty was jailed for two years for attacking her in Limerick in 2022.

Former soldier Cathal Crotty has been jailed by the Court of Appeal for two years for his “brutal and unprovoked” physical assault on a “defenceless” woman in Limerick city. The appeal ...