'Children sometimes have nightmares about monsters. I had a real-life monster' - woman tells of devastating abuse by 'pillar of the community' Pat Salmon
A senior Brothers of Charity member sexually abused a five-year-old girl at his home, committing depraved attacks and causing lifelong trauma.
Stepmother accused of child's murder changes plea to guilty on fourth day of trial
A stepmother who left her four-year-old stepson with injuries that would typically be associated with car crashes or serious assaults has pleaded guilty to the child's murder on the fourth day of her trial.
Stepmother accused of murdering boy (4) told gardai she 'snapped' and was 'shaking him and screaming at him to behave' before he fell, court hears
A woman admitted manslaughter but denies murder after a four-year-old stepchild was allegedly assaulted, hidden to conceal bruising, and died from being shaken.