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Sunday World
2 days ago
- Sunday World
Former priest and serial child abuser Oliver O'Grady to serve prison sentence in Portugal
EXTRADITION | O'Grady (80) was arrested on January 21, 2025 on foot of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by a court in Faro in Portugal Ex-priest Oliver O'Grady O'Grady (80) of Rostrevor Court, Mackin Street, Dublin 2 was arrested on January 21, 2025 on foot of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by a court in Faro in Portugal. The EAW states that O'Grady was tried on a charge of possession of "pornography of minors", convicted and sentenced to one year in prison in his absence by a Portuguese court after he failed to attend his trial on May 7, 2024. In opposing his surrender to Portugal, O'Grady complained that his fair trial rights were not adequately protected in the process that led to his conviction. He said that he had been unable to contact a lawyer appointed to defend him in Portugal. He further complained that his surrender would be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms because of a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Portuguese prison system. To bolster his claim, he said he spent time in the Prisional de Setubal in Portugal in October, 2019 after he was arrested on foot of an EAW from Ireland. He maintained that while incarcerated there he was not provided with medication, the facilities were unhygienic and, as a segregated prisoner on remand in respect of sexual offences, he was abused and had apples thrown at him. However, Mr Justice Patrick McGrath at the High Court in Dublin found O'Grady's evidence relating to the trial process to be "disingenuous and self-serving". The judge found that O'Grady had tried to control the proceedings. Portuguese authorities, through An Garda Siochána, notified O'Grady of his obligation to attend his trial and the consequences of failure to attend, the judge said. There was no impediment to him travelling for his trial and, being a man familiar with the court system, he knew his inability to contact a lawyer did not excuse him from attendance, Mr Justice McGrath said. O'Grady revealed his true mindset in an email he sent to the Portuguese prosecutor on April 11, 2024, the judge said. In the email, O'Grady showed that he knew of the impending hearing date but suggested he might not attend unless he could be assured of being admitted to bail. Mr Justice McGrath said: "This is not the mindset of a person who is unaware of a duty to attend at court and of the possible consequences of non-attendance, but rather shows a person who is trying to control the outcome of proceedings." Mr Justice McGrath added that O'Grady was "clearly trying to manipulate the system to try to secure a certain outcome". Had he attended his trial, as he was required to do, he would have been given proper legal assistance before entering a plea, the judge said. His failure to obtain effective legal assistance flows from his failure to attend, Mr Justice McGrath added. Ex-priest Oliver O'Grady Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 8th In relation to the risk of inhuman or degrading treatment, Mr Justice McGrath said the conditions at the Carreguiera prison in which O'Grady will be housed in Portugal have not been criticised. He said he is satisfied from assurances given by the Portuguese authorities that no such risk exists. O'Grady has a long history of sexual offences against children. Originally from Limerick, O'Grady emigrated to America after joining the priesthood. In 1993 he was convicted in California of lewd acts against children for repeatedly molesting two brothers. He was released after serving seven years in prison before being deported to Ireland in 2001. His crimes in California were the subject of a 2006 documentary titled 'Deliver us From Evil', in which O'Grady gave an account of his offending. In January 2012, he was jailed in Ireland for three years for possessing hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography. The images were discovered after he left his computer on an Aer Lingus flight in February 2010 and a staff member who discovered the files on the device alerted gardaí. 280,000 images showing children in sexual poses and 1,000 video files of child abuse material, known in law as "child pornography", were discovered on the device. He moved to Amsterdam where he lived for several years before returning to Ireland. It was on this flight back to his home country that he left his laptop behind. In 2020, he was sentenced to 22 months in prison at Waterford Circuit Court for possessing child pornography. He had pleaded not guilty to one charge of possessing a video of an underage girl engaging in a sexual act on a date between December 2015 and March 2016 at St Otteran's Place, South Parade, Waterford city but was convicted by a jury. A former housemate reported O'Grady to gardaí after discovering a sexually explicit video on the computer.
BreakingNews.ie
2 days ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Court orders extradition of former priest and serial child abuser Oliver O'Grady
The High Court has ordered the extradition of former priest and prolific child abuser Oliver O'Grady - who was featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary - to serve a one-year prison sentence in Portugal for having more than 9,000 images and 29 videos of child sexual abuse. O'Grady (80) of Rostrevor Court, Mackin Street, Dublin 2 was arrested on January 21st, 2025 on foot of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by a court in Faro in Portugal. Advertisement The EAW states that O'Grady was tried on a charge of possession of "pornography of minors", convicted and sentenced to one year in prison in his absence by a Portuguese court after he failed to attend his trial on May 7th, 2024. In opposing his surrender to Portugal, O'Grady complained that his fair trial rights were not adequately protected in the process that led to his conviction. He said that he had been unable to contact a lawyer appointed to defend him in Portugal. He further complained that his surrender would be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms because of a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Portuguese prison system. To bolster his claim, he said he spent time in the Prisional de Setubal in Portugal in October, 2019 after he was arrested on foot of an EAW from Ireland. He maintained that while incarcerated there he was not provided with medication, the facilities were unhygienic and, as a segregated prisoner on remand in respect of sexual offences, he was abused and had apples thrown at him. Advertisement However, Mr Justice Patrick McGrath at the High Court in Dublin found O'Grady's evidence relating to the trial process to be "disingenuous and self-serving". The judge found that O'Grady had tried to control the proceedings. Portuguese authorities, through An Garda Siochána, notified O'Grady of his obligation to attend his trial and the consequences of failure to attend, the judge said. There was no impediment to him travelling for his trial and, being a man familiar with the court system, he knew his inability to contact a lawyer did not excuse him from attendance, Mr Justice McGrath said. O'Grady revealed his true mindset in an email he sent to the Portuguese prosecutor on April 11th, 2024, the judge said. In the email, O'Grady showed that he knew of the impending hearing date but suggested he might not attend unless he could be assured of being admitted to bail. Advertisement Mr Justice McGrath said: "This is not the mindset of a person who is unaware of a duty to attend at court and of the possible consequences of non-attendance, but rather shows a person who is trying to control the outcome of proceedings." Mr Justice McGrath added that O'Grady was "clearly trying to manipulate the system to try to secure a certain outcome". Had he attended his trial, as he was required to do, he would have been given proper legal assistance before entering a plea, the judge said. His failure to obtain effective legal assistance flows from his failure to attend, Mr Justice McGrath added. In relation to the risk of inhuman or degrading treatment, Mr Justice McGrath said the conditions at the Carreguiera prison in which O'Grady will be housed in Portugal have not been criticised. Advertisement He said he is satisfied from assurances given by the Portuguese authorities that no such risk exists. O'Grady has a long history of sexual offences against children. Originally from Limerick, O'Grady emigrated to America after joining the priesthood. In 1993 he was convicted in California of lewd acts against children for repeatedly molesting two brothers. He was released after serving seven years in prison before being deported to Ireland in 2001. Advertisement His crimes in California were the subject of a 2006 documentary titled 'Deliver us From Evil', in which O'Grady gave an account of his offending. In January 2012, he was jailed in Ireland for three years for possessing hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography. The images were discovered after he left his computer on an Aer Lingus flight in February 2010 and a staff member who discovered the files on the device alerted gardaí. Some 280,000 images showing children in sexual poses and 1,000 video files of child abuse material, known in law as "child pornography", were discovered on the device. He moved to Amsterdam where he lived for several years before returning to Ireland. It was on this flight back to his home country that he left his laptop behind. In 2020, he was sentenced to 22 months in prison at Waterford Circuit Court for possessing child pornography. He had pleaded not guilty to one charge of possessing a video of an underage girl engaging in a sexual act on a date between December 2015 and March 2016 at St Otteran's Place, South Parade, Waterford city but was convicted by a jury. A former housemate reported O'Grady to gardaí after discovering a sexually explicit video on the computer.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Oakdale PFAS project would divert water around former 3M dump
State officials are accepting comments on the environmental impacts of a project proposed by 3M Corp. to collect surface water upstream of a dump in Oakdale in order to reduce polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in stormwater discharge from the site. The Abresch Disposal Site is the largest of three former disposal locations that comprise the Oakdale Disposal Site, a state and federal Superfund site. 3M is working with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to remediate soil and groundwater at the site. The project is proposed to further reduce PFAS impacts to stormwater discharge from the site, according to an environmental review of the project. The proposed project would collect surface water upstream of the site and divert it to a three-acre flood-retention basin, where water would then be reintroduced into the natural flow of the watershed, according to the environmental assessment worksheet. A three-quarter-mile conveyance pipe would bypass the Abresch Disposal Site, thus bypassing PFAS detected within the site, according to the EAW. 'This would reduce the discharge of PFAS in surface water and improve downstream surface water quality in the Twin Cities east metropolitan area,' the EAW states. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments until 4:30 p.m. June 26 on the EAW. A copy of the EAW is available on the project page of the DNR website; a print copy may be requested by calling 651-259-5522. The EAW is also available for public review at the Oakdale Library, the DNR Library and the Minneapolis Central Library. 'An absolute privilege': Darts President Ann Bailey offers advice, reflects on 10 years in Dakota County aging services Mahtomedi school board adds second referendum question to fall ballot Forest Lake detours begin as MnDOT undertakes $17M Highway 97 reconstruction project Forest Lake School Board hears input on possible contentious policy changes artOPENer Studio Tour hits 19 St. Croix Valley stops Comments on the EAW must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. June 26. Email comments should be sent to with '3M surface water diversion' in the subject line. Comments can be mailed to Becky Horton, EAW Project Manager, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road, Box 25, St. Paul, MN 55155-4025. Anyone providing a mailing address or submitting comments via email will receive a copy of the subsequent decision document, which will include responses to comments, according to the DNR. Because all comments and related information are part of the public record for the environmental review, commenters' names and email or postal addresses will be published and publicly available as they appear in the materials commenters submit.
Sunday World
28-05-2025
- Sunday World
Kinahan Cartel chief Sean McGovern extradited from UAE on Irish military jet
A European Arrest Warrant (EAW) was issued in April 2022 by the High Court for McGovern to face criminal charges here. Sean McGovern and David Byrne who died in the Regency attack Kinahan cartel gangster Sean McGovern is on his way back to Ireland on a military plane from Dubai after dramatic developments occurred in the Gulf State in the last number of days. 'There has been major developments in this case in the Middle East, - Mr McGovern is on his way home ' a source has revealed. The Irish Air Corps flight needs to take at least two stops on the way to Dublin. Gardaí believe that Drimnagh man McGovern is Daniel Kinahan's right-hand man, and the US Treasury Department has claimed he "sells multi-kilogramme quantities of cocaine" on behalf of the cartel. He has been held in a prison in Dubai since his arrest last October and he had previously launched a series of legal challenges to the extradition process. He is also wanted on organised crime charges in this jurisdiction. His original detention came after protracted consultation between An Garda Síochána, Interpol and police and justice authorities in Dubai and Ireland. A European Arrest Warrant (EAW) was issued in April 2022 by the High Court for McGovern to face criminal charges here. UAE authorities did not act on the warrant, but a formal request from the Department of Justice to the UAE equivalent were later issued. McGovern's original arrest was seen by gardaí as a test case for the planned arrest and eventual extradition of cartel leader Kinahan on criminal charges. Sources say McGovern's arrest has been a "major breakthrough" in garda efforts to take down the senior leadership of the cartel. Since 2022, garda efforts have been concentrated on McGovern's extradition because, unlike the Kinahan leadership, he is facing criminal charges. Sean McGovern, pictured with his partner Anita Freeman Gardai want to charge him with the murder of Noel 'Duck Egg' Kirwan (62) was shot six times as he sat in his car on December 22, 2016 at St Ronan's Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. He is believed to have been targeted because of perceived links to members of the Hutch family who were at war with the Kinahan cartel at the time. McGovern, a convicted drug dealer suffered minor injuries after he was shot during the Regency Hotel bloodbath in February, 2016, when his gang was attacked by the Hutch gang. He has been named in the Special Criminal Court by Detective Superintendent David Gallagher while giving evidence in the trial of Michael Crotty, who is accused of facilitating the murder of Noel Kirwan in 2016 by buying a mobile phone top-up for Sean McGovern. He has also been identified by the US sanctions against the Kinahan Organised Crime Group.n the US Treasury sanctions document McGovern connections with the Kinahan Organised Crime Group are laid out. Sean McGovern and David Byrne who died in the Regency attack They claimed that he was involved with a cover company being used by the gang to launder money. McGovern 'was designated for materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Daniel Kinahan'. The document alleged that McGovern: 'is Daniel Kinahan's advisor and closest confidant, and evidence indicates that all dealings with Daniel Kinahan go through Sean McGovern. Sean McGovern also has managed communications on behalf of Daniel Kinahan, and he sells multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine'.
Irish Independent
28-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Kinahan Cartel lieutenant Sean McGovern being extradited from UAE to Ireland
'There has been major developments in this case in the Middle East, - Mr McGovern is on his way home,' a source told the Irish Independent. The Irish Air Corps flight needs to take at least two stops on the way to Dublin. Gardaí believe that Drimnagh man McGovern is Daniel Kinahan's right-hand man, and the US Treasury Department has claimed he "sells multi-kilogramme quantities of cocaine" on behalf of the cartel. He has been held in a prison in Dubai since his arrest last October and he had previously launched a series of legal challenges to the extradition process. He is also wanted on organised crime charges in this jurisdiction. His original detention came after protracted consultation between An Garda Síochána, Interpol and police and justice authorities in Dubai and Ireland. A European Arrest Warrant (EAW) was issued in April 2022 by the High Court for McGovern to face criminal charges here. UAE authorities did not act on the warrant, but a formal request from the Department of Justice to the UAE equivalent was later issued. McGovern's original arrest was seen by gardaí as a test case for the planned arrest and eventual extradition of cartel leader Kinahan on criminal charges. Sources say McGovern's arrest has been a "major breakthrough" in garda efforts to take down the senior leadership of the cartel. Since 2022, garda efforts have been concentrated on McGovern's extradition because, unlike the Kinahan leadership, he is facing criminal charges. Gardai want to charge him with the murder of Noel 'Duck Egg' Kirwan (62) who was shot six times as he sat in his car on December 22, 2016 at St Ronan's Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. He is believed to have been targeted because of perceived links to members of the Hutch family who were at war with the Kinahan cartel at the time. McGovern, a convicted drug dealer, suffered minor injuries after he was shot during the Regency Hotel bloodbath in February, 2016, when his gang was attacked by the Hutch gang. He has been named in the Special Criminal Court by Detective Superintendent David Gallagher while giving evidence in the trial of Michael Crotty, who is accused of facilitating the murder of Noel Kirwan in 2016 by buying a mobile phone top-up for Sean McGovern. He has also been identified by the US sanctions against the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. In the US Treasury sanctions document, McGovern connections with the Kinahan Organised Crime Group are laid out. They claimed that he was involved with a cover company being used by the gang to launder money. McGovern 'was designated for materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Daniel Kinahan'. The document alleged that McGovern: 'is Daniel Kinahan's advisor and closest confidant, and evidence indicates that all dealings with Daniel Kinahan go through Sean McGovern. Sean McGovern also has managed communications on behalf of Daniel Kinahan, and he sells multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine'.
