Judge Comerford said that the current ‘exhaustive' Garda investigation that resulted in Mr Harmon’s guilty pleas involved gardaí taking 80 witness statements. He said at night, Mr Harmon would come into the tent at night and put his hands into their pyjamas. Counsel for Mr Harmon, Donal Cronin BL said that Mr Harmon is alone in this world after becoming estranged from his family following the Waterford case. He said more than 40 years have passed since Mr Harmon left the scouts and there has been no further evidence of wrongdoing. Speaking after Mr Harmon was jailed today, one of the five outside Ennis courthouse said he was happy with the sentence imposed.

Source: The Herald May 01, 2024 21:10 UTC