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Friday, May 14th 2010


About Paul OMahony

Dr. Paul O’Mahony is a criminologist and a lecturer in criminal law in Trinity College, Dublin. He is also author of the recent book The Irish War on Drugs: The Seductive Folly of Prohibition

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Articles by Paul OMahony

The Public Reaction of Sympathy and Outrage at the Killing of Shane Geoghan

The public reaction of profound sympathy and outrage at the killing of Shane Geoghegan, by a killer or killers involved in a bloody feud between drug-dealing gangs in Limerick, is totally justified. Shane Geoghegan was an innocent bystander mistaken for the true target - a member of one of the rival Limerick drug gangs. Shane [...]