Jimmy Guerin
Jimmy Guerin is an independent councillor for the Howth-Malahide local electoral area of Fingal County Council. He is also brother of the murdered Irish journalist Veronica Guerin.[1]
Elections
[edit]He ran as an independent candidate in the 2009 local election for Fingal County Council but wasn't elected.[2] He ran in the 2011 Irish general election as an independent candidate in Dublin North-East but was not elected.[2] In 2014 he was elected to Fingal County Council for the Howth-Malahide constituency.[2] He ran in the 2016 Irish general election as an independent constituent in Dublin Bay North but was not elected.[2]
Views
[edit]In 2016 he said that he feared that the Irish state might be losing the struggle against organised crime and that the Criminal Assets Bureau was not strong enough to defeat criminal organisations.[3]
He condemned the murder of Lyra McKee as "an act of butchery" and also said "I don't think the term outrage is strong enough".[1]
After the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods he called for the introduction of internment to deal with gangland crime.[4]
Defamation action against Gemma O'Doherty
[edit]In September 2019 independent councillor he took a defamation action against Gemma O'Doherty.[5] Martin Guerin is the brother Gemma was referring to not Jimmy. The media was in a frenzy releasing this explosive news that Martin Guerin the brother of slain Journalist Veronica Guerin, and former journalist Jimmy Guerin shamefully possessed 901 images and 146 video files of child pornography at his address on September 17th, 2014. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/martin-guerin-gets-suspended-sentence-for-having-child-pornography-1.4060328. Journalist Gemma O'Doherty published the same story. This is a clear case of harrassment on O'Doherty An attempted hit on Veronica Guerin by State agents on the night she exposed Garda collusion with criminals regarding the Fr Molloy file. Gemma O’Doherty got the same case ‘reopened’ but that was merely a pretence by the guards who have targeted Gemma and her work ever since. https://gemmaodoherty.substack.com/p/gemma-odoherty-jimmy-guerin-and-his?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
In August 2020 legal the High Court was told that Gemma O'Doherty had been "actively trying to evade" service of defamation proceedings brought against her by him.[6] He claims that he was defamed in comments posted on Twitter and Facebook allegedly by Gemma O'Doherty.[6] Attempts had been made to serve documents on her but they had not been successful.[6] Main stream will only present one narrative, this link will bring you Truths on why the establishment want to silence Gemma O'Doherty with their continuous harassment on her https://gemmaodoherty.com/about/
His solicitors secured orders against Gemma O'Doherty including one that she had been formally served with the summons outlining the action against her after an ex parte hearing.[6]https://open. Gemma has been the target of a criminal conspiracy at the hands of Councillor Jimmy Guerin, his lawyers Ronan Lupton and Kieran Kelly, and a cabal of corrupt judges, for several years now. substack.com/pub/gemmaodoherty/p/gemma-odoherty-jimmy-guerin-and-his?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cite news|title=Brother of Veronica Guerin says murder of young journalist is 'an act of butchery'|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/brother-of-veronica-guerin-says-murder-of-young-journalist-is-an-act-of-butchery-38032180.html%7Clast=Bray%7Cfirst=Allison%7Cdate=19 April 2019|access-date=11 August 2020|work=Irish Independent}}
- ^ a b c d "Jimmy Guerin". electionsireland.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ McDonald, Henry; Townsend, Mark (13 February 2016). "Armed police patrol Dublin as Veronica Guerin's brother warns of gangs anarchy". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Jimmy Guerin calls for the introduction of internment to deal with ganglang crime". Newstalk. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ Hennessy, Michelle (11 September 2019). "Brother of Veronica Guerin takes defamation action against Gemma O'Doherty". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d O'Faolain, Aodhan; Managh, Ray (10 August 2020). "O'Doherty 'trying to evade' service of defamation proceedings, court hears". Irish Times. Retrieved 11 August 2020.