Irish Judicial Decisions That are soft on criminal

at least a prison sentence this time. But the litany of series crime, concurrent sentencing and partial suspension of sentences need to stop

6 months. Recidivist criminal. Drink and drugs. Solicitor even claimed an inherited disease in the family may have been a cause of behaviour. Of course no evidence presented that the defendent had the disease or genetic trait himself.

Oh and golfgate! Can see that judge being promoted

His friend was arrested for theft.Came back with a wheelbrace. Pretty sure should have been charged with more than possession of weapon here.. get this you can have a criminal history, head off, grab a weapon and come back to confront gardai and not be jailed.

Now imagine a normal citizen had detained his thieving friend and was waiting for the gardai to arrive, he would have used it on a normal citizen.

Again a crininal who armed himself with a wheelbrace, while intoxicated, to free a criminal friend, gets no jailtime

Stephen Maher Melville Cove . Same guy?

Kinda agree with you on reforming the above systems. but the problem is not a lack of money. instead of investing, reform them. Our social welfare system is amongst the most generous in the world for example. The lack of consequences to bad behaviour in this country means people do not avail of all the help on offer. Sure why educate yourself, when the state will look after your needs, no matter how badly you behave. I would also like to state there should be consequences for the elite in society,, just look at the bank scandals and celtic tiger property deveolpers(think Mick Wallace) and the lack of accountability or actual consequences

The judges ignore sentencing guidelines. They also deliberately disregard laws brought in by the oireachtas. For example on the law books there is a mandatory 10 year sentence if caught with drugs beyond a set value. Nearly every single time the criminal is let off with a lesser sentence. The judiciary is giving society here the two fingered salute daily

What sentence did your son actually get?

Btw my reading of the law is the lawmakers intent is to not penalise people who were acting under duress, eg credible death threats to themselves or family. I expect the lawmakers fully intended to jail people like your hypothetical son who are engaged in large scale drug distribution due to their own poor choices