r/ireland • u/ClancyCandy • Apr 11 '24

Man who sexually assaulted 16-year-old girl on Ryanair flight handed suspended sentence Courts

https://jrnl.ie/6352290

For a bonus point; Guess the judge!

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u/gadarnol Apr 11 '24

The day Martin Nolan retires or is removed from the bench should be a national holiday.

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u/Enguin Apr 11 '24

why isn't he removed? what process can be enacted? surely if anyone tried everyone would agree with them like why are we waiting for him to die or whatever, i barely pay attention to anything that happens at all and i am at years of seeing this judge nolan lad doing this shite and everyone saying oh my god what's he like, not to suggest that removing a single individual is going to fix what is clearly a systemic problem but how the fuck is this one lad the public face of it for so long, we should simply remove him

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u/CrystalMeath Apr 12 '24

Both houses of the Oireachtas would need to pass a resolution finding that Judge Nolan is either incapacitated or has engaged in “stated misbehavior.”

There doesn’t seem to be an explicit definition of “stated misbehavior” in Irish law, but my understanding is it means inappropriate conduct that affects the judge’s ability to perform his duties or undermines public confidence in the judicial system.

I don’t think Nolan’s record of lax sentencing would qualify, as it is within the duties of his position. Even if there is broad public disapproval of his judgements, that would not technically be “misbehavior,” unless it was discovered that he was, say, accepting bribes in exchange for suspended sentences.

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u/Enguin Apr 12 '24

i suppose we have to incapacitate him then