Allegations
# allegations - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Investigation into abuse allegations against Waterford sports coach
Two men are reported in today’s Irish Times to have made complaints to gardaí about being abused by the sports coach when they were in their teens.
# allegations - Monday 22 April, 2013
6 months after ‘monkey’ allegations, Clattenburg will ref Chelsea game
The referee was accused, by midfielder Ramires, of using inappropriate language towards John Obi Mikel.
# allegations - Monday 15 April, 2013
Calls for gardaí to reinvestigate Domhnall Ó Lubhlaí case
The deceased founder of one of the largest Irish colleges in the country is the subject of historic allegations of sexual abuse against dozens of children.
# allegations - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Storm brews over South African match-fixing
The country’s sports minister wants an independent inquiry to delve into the FIFA report.
# allegations - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Eight men arrested on suspicion of rape of teenager in London
The offences are alleged to have occurred between May and November 2012.
# allegations - Friday 8 February, 2013
Riot police fire water cannon at India rape protest
Demonstrators have been camped outside the Kerala state assembly for the last five days to demand the resignation of a lawmaker over rape allegations.
# allegations - Thursday 7 February, 2013
Doping widespread in Australian sport: probe
The report indicated that sports scientists, coaches and support staff were involved.
# allegations - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall charged with rape
The 83-year-old has been charged with one offence of rape and 14 offences of indecent assault involving one woman and ten girls between 1967 and 1986.
# allegations - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
UBS pays $1.5 billion to settle Libor allegations
The Swiss banking giant is to pay $1.5 billion to regulators over allegations it manipulated Libor interest rates.
# allegations - Monday 10 December, 2012
Strauss-Kahn settles with maid over sexual assault allegation
A court in New York has heard that the former head of the IMF has reached an undisclosed financial settlement with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault last year.
# allegations - Friday 7 December, 2012
Max Clifford: allegations are ‘damaging and totally untrue’
The well-known publicist was arrested yesterday as part of the investigation into sex offence claims against Jimmy Savile and ‘others’.
# allegations - Thursday 22 November, 2012
Cleared: FA throw out racism complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg
The Premier League referee has “no case to answer” while Chelsea midfielder Jon Obi Mikel faces a charge over abusive language.
# allegations - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Manchester police investigate sexual abuse allegations towards late MP
Manchester Police said that they are investigating any allegations that are said to have occurred from 1974 onwards.
# allegations - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
Elmo puppeteer resigns in the wake of sex allegations
Kevin Clash was accused of being involved in an under-age relationship, but the allegations were then recanted.
# allegations - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Man who accused Elmo puppeteer of underage sex changes his story
A man who accused Kevin Clash of having sex with him when he was a teenage boy now says they had a consensual relationship as adults.
# allegations - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Man behind Elmo denies allegations of underage relationship
Kevin Clash has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street to deal with the allegations.
# allegations - Monday 5 November, 2012
Clattenburg sidelined again amid ‘racism’ row
The referee will sit out a second weekend of fixtures following the allegations made by Chelsea.
# allegations - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Armstrong’s Olympic medal facing scrutiny
The American cyclist has been urged to come clean over doping allegations by the International Olympic Committee’s vice president.
# allegations - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Jimmy Savile headstone removed from grave
The family asked for the headstone to be removed out of respect for the families of the other people buried in the Scarborough cemetery.
# allegations - Monday 8 October, 2012
The Evening Fix… now with added Tetris
Here are the things we learned, shared and loved today.
Bishop denies claims he knew priest allegedly abused again
It had been reported that Bishop John Kirby had knowledge that a priest abused children after he was moved to a new parish following abuse allegations.
# allegations - Friday 5 October, 2012
BBC chief urges staff to ‘come forward’ about Jimmy Savile allegations
Statements were issued by both the BBC and Metropolitan Police today.
# allegations - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Police to assess Jimmy Savile allegations, no investigation yet
Scotland Yard said it was too early to say how many allegations of sexual abuse there are.
Footballers charged over suspicious betting activity
Ipswich’s Michael Chopra and Nottingham Forest loanee James Coppinger are among those under investigation.
# allegations - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Jimmy Savile: BBC says it is “horrified” by sexual abuse allegations
Police are investigating allegations that the DJ and presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused teenage girls on BBC premises in the 1970s.
# allegations - Wednesday 5 September, 2012
The Irish Province of Spiritans: “Failure to create safe environments for children”
Summary of the main findings of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland into the religious order of the Irish Province of Spiritans.
# allegations - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
File prepared for NI prosecutors after ‘false’ sexual assault claim
The PSNI had been investigating reports of a sexual assault in Dromore, Co Down – but now say allegations were “false”.
# allegations - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Remember Francis Benali? Well, he says Claus Lundekvam is wrong on spot-fixing claims
Former Saints skipper has rubbished the claims.
# allegations - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
WikiLeaks founder Assange seeks Ecuador asylum
Julian Assange yesterday walked into Ecuador’s embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
# allegations - Thursday 14 June, 2012
John Edwards will not face second trial over election fraud charges
Federal charges against the former senator and presidential candidate are being dropped, say US prosecutors.
# allegations - Thursday 3 May, 2012
Patient group complains to Ombudsman over State ‘lack of cooperation’
Dignity4Patients has complained about an alleged lack of cooperation received from the State and health authorities.
# allegations - Friday 27 April, 2012
US Secret Service probes new allegations about strippers and prostitutes
The scandal-plagued Secret Service is probing fresh allegations about agents’ actions on another Latin America trip last year.
# allegations - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
# allegations - Monday 23 April, 2012
Mullen: Reports I smirked at abortion meeting “entirely untrue”
The independent Senator says he is “taken aback” by suggestions he was ‘smirking’ when addressing women in Leinster House.
In full: Rónán Mullen’s statement rejecting ‘smirking’ allegation
The full text of a statement issued by Senator Rónán Mullen to Newstalk’s Lunchtime show, and subsequently shared with us.
# allegations - Saturday 21 April, 2012
Ronan Mullen horrified at ‘nasty’ suggestions over abortion debate
The Senator has spoken to TheJournal.ie as his name trends on Twitter over allegations that he was the ‘nasty’ politician referred to during last night’s Late Late Show.
# allegations - Thursday 19 April, 2012
US agents ‘removed’ after Colombian prostitute scandal
Eight agents remain on administrative leave over scandal which emerged ahead of President Obama’s visit to Colombia.
# allegations - Saturday 14 April, 2012
Obama recalls Secret Service agents over prostitution allegations
The personnel changes have not impacted on the President’s security.
# allegations - Saturday 31 March, 2012
London police officer suspended after racist tape claims
Audio of a man being subjected to racist abuse, allegedly from officers from the Metropolitan police, has been published today.

























































Rónán Mullen: I am wondering if it is defamatory to suggest I was ‘smirking’
Rónán Mullen has again defended himself and denied accusations that he was unpleasant to women who came to Leinster House last week to share their painful experiences of abortion outside of Ireland.
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