Plans to protest at Limerick courthouse on day Crotty judge retires

Protesters gather in Dublin in solidarity with Natasha O'Brien who was attacked by Cathal Crotty, a serving member of the Defence Forces. A protest will be held outside Limerick courthouse on Wednesday as the judge who suspended the sentence retires.

A protest is planned for outside Limerick courthouse on Wednesday as the judge who suspended sentences for Defence Forces members who seriously assaulted women, leaving one maimed, retires.

Judge Tom O’Donnell fully suspended sentences for soldier Cathal Crotty and naval officer David O’Gorman, at trials held almost a year apart, after they brutally beat women in separate attacks.