Kerry judge conducted 'manifestly unfair' hearing over independent election candidate, High Court says
A judge in Kerry conducted a "manifestly unfair" hearing in which he sent independent election candidate Michelle Keane to prison for contempt of court over an alleged refusal to take down a social media post about a garda, the High Court has said.
Keane is to seek an award of damages over her jailing.
Judge Brian Cregan made the comments as he overturned a finding of contempt by Judge James O'Donohoe in Listowel Circuit Court on December 10th 2024, when he jailed Keane after she allegedly refused to give an undertaking not to remove the post.
Keane, a mother of two young children, purged her contempt after spending what Judge Cregan said were "three difficult days" in Limerick Prison and in the invidious position of needing to be home with her children as it came up to Christmas.
In the 2024 General Election, she received 1,530 first preference votes and later sought to bring High Court proceedings making a number of claims about irregularities on election night but failed on two...
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