Soldier beats a woman unconscious, gets a great reference from his commanding officer, avoids jail.

Feel so sorry for that poor woman to go through all that and then be cast aside by the judge like a piece of trash because someone might lose their job. So belittling to her to say well he saved you having to go to trial when the prosecution had all the evidence for attempted murder as far as I'm concerned - beating her til she fell and then continuing to beat her. Should have been attempted manslaughter. Watched a UK program there a few days ago about one punch murderers and judges only allowed to give the max sentence which was only 4-5 years for ruining peoples lives

Sickening judgement from the judge but just one of the numerous judgements handed down constantly for the worst behaviour.
Really needs to be minimum sentencing enforced in law (but oooh judges say they need to be allowed to rule independently, screw that, Nolan is an absolute shame on this country) and if we can't home the prisoners then build another bloody prison - simple - lack of space should not be an excuse for not locking up the depraved or rabid animals

In a statement, Mr Martin said: "The establishment of this Tribunal of Inquiry, along with increased levels of investment, is another important step in the renewal of our Defence Forces as a rewarding career where every individual feels valued.

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Errr probably?

"Different sources available to the IRG-DF conclude that, at best, the Defence Forces barely tolerates women and, at its worst, verbally, physically, sexually and psychologically abuses women in its ranks.”

A prick of the highest order.

Now that his mug is all over the place, let's hope nothing bad happens to him.

The judge needs to answer some serious questions, then should be removed from his post.

Goes without saying but this will be before a competent judge ASAP

Timing is perfect. He may have escaped justice in a court of law but has become the poster child of the abusive behaviour within the defense forces. Hopefully every woman of honor will be exonerated because of his actions.

Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Seán Clancy…"Since being appointed I have made it abundantly clear, there is no place for any form of abusive behaviour in the Defence Forces. We are working tirelessly to redesign our grievance procedures and HR policies, rolling out mandatory sexual ethics and respectful relationships workshops and holding people to account for misconduct and misbehaviour."

Crotty must have missed those workshops, considering he was shouting homophobic slurs in public and then viciously attacked a woman in the street, beating her unconscious.

I think the DPP will have to act here. This really is whipping up outrage. And if ever a fooking march was justified…

Here's the hard man who boasted "Two to knock her down and two to knock her out" after he ran away when another man intervened.

I doubt he's smirking now with all the anger and backlash. Fair play to his friends who stayed after he ran away like a coward.

Part of the judge's reasoning for suspending the sentence was that Crotty would lose his job in the Defence Forces.

Now the Defence Forces are formally dismissing him anyway. Cos obviously they're doing that. Even without the public outrage I'd imagine they'd be taking this step.

What sort of drugs was the judge on?

Judges are untouchable otherwise a lot of them would be out of a job

In Australia, they rightly called one punch attacks, a coward's punch. While this scumbag punched this lady more than once, he is the epitome of cowardice. Attacking a defenceless lady unprovoked and then bragging about it. Absolute coward.

I personally have a challenge for him, since he has been described as such a great lad.

"You didn't get jail time but I'm sure you would like to atone for your crime. Step into a locked room with two men of your own size related to that lady, with no cameras running."

Let's see what kind of a brave man you are then.

Ironically he's now paying a heavier price than he would have done if the judge had simply sent him to prison. There's no way that would have made much of a dent in the news headlines. He'd be out in a few months knowing our justice system. His name and face are all over social media and I can see this story getting worse for him in the coming days. Not that I have any sympathy for the pup.

The most bizarre aspect was the judge being concerned for the attacker's career prospects (!). This wasn't a soldier up on a shoplifting charge or for a minor theft at the army barracks - this was a violent thug who beat a young woman unconscious on the street.

No but everyone else knows who he is now.