Dolores O’Riordan walks free after judge says she was not treated differently

Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan walked free from court yesterday after a judge said she has not been treated any differently to anyone else who comes before his court in similar circumstances.

Dolores O’Riordan walks free after judge says she was not treated differently

At Ennis District Court yesterday, Judge Patrick Durcan said it would be “unfair and would be unjust to criminalise” Ms O’Riordan, who had pleaded guilty to air-rage-related offences at Shannon Airport on November 10, 2014.

Judge Durcan said her actions “all occurred when the defendant was suffering from a very severe mental illness”.

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