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A father convicted of the female genital mutilation (FGM) of his daughter in the first case of its kind in Irish legal history is to appeal his conviction and sentence. The 37-year-old was sentenced to five-and-a-half years' imprisonment by Judge Elma Sheehan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court last Ja
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A senior judge has said that the second Special Criminal Court will be made "full use of" until it is removed by legislation, following weekend reports of its suspension amid falling case numbers. Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt made the remarks yesterday in the course of a bail hearing. He sai
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