An 'in brief' court report of the day's judgements is the subject of this article
The day in question is Thursday 11th December 2008, and the paper is The Irish Times.
First there is a report on a man being jailed for a sexual assault on a seven-year-old girl. Unusually the paper does not name the man as they are wont to do when the perpetrator has been convicted - a usual way of 'naming and shaming' the assaulter. I think this is perhaps because the man worked at the girl's parents' Co. Wicklow farm and the girl could be named by association. Simple facts are given, including jail time, ages and location of conviction.
In another case, three members of the same family are convicted of gun offences and are named by the paper, with addresses given. The victim of some crossfire was a six-year-old girl who cannot be named as she is a minor. The article gives a brief description of the incident in question, including its location, and the plea which the convicted entered to the court.
A third case gives much detail about David Lamb who was given a suspended sentence for making hoax calls about bombs in Bewleys Hotel, Dublin airport. This article includes a quote from the man and statements from the arresting garda, Sinéad Greene. The article rounds off its information with addresses, dates, names and the previous history of the convicted.
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