nwl(@nwl88444048):Reminded today that Gardai still haven't published their hate crime/non-crime report for 2025, it is usually published in April or the very start of May each year. Are Gardai rethinking their approach to the whole area of non-crime incidents which were at the heart of Michelle Keane's initial encounter with the Kerry garda sergeant, which eventually led to lengthy defamation proceedings, jailing and various appeals to higher courts. Or have they looked across the Irish Sea and seen British police abandoning non-crime incidents in the wake of the Fr Ted creator Graham Linehan @Glinner arrest scandal, and decided to quietly abandon such policing here?

2026.07.23 11:54

Reminded today that Gardai still haven't published their hate crime/non-crime report for 2025, it is usually published in April or the very start of May each year. Are Gardai rethinking their approach to the whole area of non-crime incidents which were at the heart of Michelle Keane's initial encounter with the Kerry garda sergeant, which eventually led to lengthy defamation proceedings, jailing and various appeals to higher courts. Or have they looked across the Irish Sea and seen British police abandoning non-crime incidents in the wake of the Fr Ted creator Graham Linehan @Glinner arrest scandal, and decided to quietly abandon such policing here?

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2026.07.23 11:38

H/T @griptmedia Colourful and unsuccessful election candidate in Kerry, Michelle Keane says the High Court in Dublin has ruled that Michelle was not guilty of contempt in 2024, which led to her being jailed for 4 days in Limerick's womens prison. She was jailed by controversial no-friend-of-cyclists Judge James O'Donohoe, below, at a circuit court sitting in Listowel. Judge O'Donohoe has now been roundly criticised in Michelle's case by the High Court, according to Gript. It's an offshoot of a larger defamation claim by a Kerry garda sergeant who successfully claimed before the courts in Kerry she was defamed by comments made by Michelle. This was after the Garda had contacted Michelle about Tweets, seemingly a non-crime hate-related incident. Michelle recorded the phone call, and posted comments on Twitter which the Garda successfully claimed were defamatory. We haven't see the latest High Court ruling, it's not on the courts website yet, but it appears to be a solid (if novel, see below for a selection from the current list of her High Court cases) victory for Michelle. Nice to see her happy with the courts for once!

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