Letters to the Editor: Who are the judges really defending?

One reader writes into to say that 'dishing out the same old suspended sentence time after time must get boring, but it is especially important to get members of the Defence Forces back to work'

Attack victim Natasha O'Brien and her mum Anne attending the women's protest in Limerick last weekend.

What a great job judges in Ireland, and especially in Limerick, are doing! They help all those nice criminals and encourage them in their all-important careers while, at the same time, advising victims of what is really important.

Dishing out the same old suspended sentence time after time must get boring but it is especially important to get members of the Defence Forces back to work — after all, aren’t they the ones who are employed to keep us safe?