A soldier who walked free from court last month despite being found guilty of beating a woman unconscious in a "vicious" street attack has been discharged from the defence forces. Private Cathal ...

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At the time of Cathal Crotty’s initial trial there had been 68 serving members of the Defence Forces who had been either convicted of a serious crime in the three years preceding or who were at that t ...

Natasha O'Brien, who was attacked by Irish soldier Cathal Crotty in Limerick, said it is not right that victims have to campaign for justice themselves. Crotty, 22, received a suspended sentence ...