{"id":410935,"date":"2026-04-22T01:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410935\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:08:10","slug":"tds-giving-character-reference-letters-in-sentence-hearings-inappropriate-justice-minister-says-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410935\/","title":{"rendered":"TDs giving character reference letters in sentence hearings &#039;inappropriate&#039;, Justice Minister says &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxOVFFCSmFPNTB5WVpKUDNneE1fMjJ5aGV5YzRWdXo3V2VGYVdGUTR3NFVMY1U2M1MwcmlSLVdZOFpGWjFMZUNCWUlXcE9aVFItS0RLa3hCYktCb0hMUTEwZlVPcERMLWNyclBLN29aQkZBU1FVQm5uQXh4bmZ3emNMT2tCd2E0TjROaDh4a2VJVkszME9OOFpOLWNIbEg4OTVTbXA3bWZoc2ZVaHVMNDJ3Q0NYU3E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TDs giving character reference letters in sentence hearings &#8216;inappropriate&#8217;, Justice Minister says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5wFBVV95cUxOODhycS1sQnNEZTZXalgwUzdZSUF4UHZ6QTdxMC1HdDVuRGItQ1F4NTNfY2UtMVI0RkR6aFBScndvc0RrYkc1aHh5SENWVW9LX3lNTS1ETnJoY01DY3VUQlZreEZnVUZ5RTJMUXRQc3VzUXdBcWVxWFRhYWNPQTZLZk9xQWp5RGt5NVdjczJVZno1T1EydllVUjNaYVI5bUJUc1g4RTdHeWFENmE4V2dXZ0ZrMHVJUW95MEFBbmx1YlhpTFpjMUFRQnBfV3hZR0gyMThDbDZ6cmpxcEVyYkRDY0RENDRjN1U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sex offender\u2019s appeal rejected as judge refuses to name former TD who provided character reference<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1BZVVROFhJMTkwUVJUejlnUElyOEpiX2c2SlU2clBKME5WSzRCOElkQkpkMG1OODRHOUlPSmYta3hodUhMOWNZQWlPY0hDaWx1Tmk4eXlCRmFYUUxpcTZzMXlaN1l4Y1pPaUpnWUUyenJtV0lUcFVxbDdHTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Court will not name ex-TD who gave sex offender reference<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxPQ3BZYmZnamFfOVFkanFzQVRtS19YQU1MV0lXcWI0QV9LcTI0dkcxYnpJNmludzdlMC1GSmdwMmQ0S0JQZF8wRmZtTnozWHlkSjRTUjdQU0c3WWV0YmZrNDlSdy1ibm01Yll0VFlVRF84bHJBSFlVUFpMZ0pSRUVwMGprT3NpOE5Oa2VYc1doRFUtWXQxeHpVbVNReEd0Z0Z1RGFkT09VRVZJUWNjUUNmcGozcFdWUnBGdm9RdjgzOVlqR0FPT1Jsakdn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Court declines to grant access to identity of former TD who gave reference for child abuser<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxQSW0tU2FNalp3QUxnd05vSGZsVlZEWElqYU9adFhQbkVEOGE4U0pUVzZDNEJqTzV1MTBNZ1ctbWlVQVhiS2NvMG9zQk54cTkyeDRvTEZxa25TbDR2LVVFTGpzUnZIZ0kwR3Rzb1JnY25NS3VnRWhqdWZobURnWHhsOWhaNzhaV21nT2Y4TElNbEJ4U1p2Y1VoRWdTUEp0RFcxQWJqUkZMbnpJcUFKWDRKQTVXeFFzYVdDWldTZ1BYSGVOZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TD who gave reference to sex offender should come forward, say party leaders<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TDs giving character reference letters in sentence hearings &#8216;inappropriate&#8217;, Justice Minister says&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalSex offender\u2019s appeal rejected as judge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[179518,54,61,60,30379,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-410935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-character-references","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-jim-o","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}