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'We've thrown the baby out with the bathwater' judge highlights mental health failings over Athlone assaults

'We've thrown the baby out with the bathwater' judge highlights mental health failings over Athlone assaults

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Tim Dennehy's case, stemming from five assaults, mainly targeting women, prompted Judge Keenan Johnson to criticise the numbers in jail due to insufficient mental health services.

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