Principal on sex assault charges

A national school principal from the mid-west region was further remanded at Kilrush District Court, Co Clare, yesterday on indecent…

A national school principal from the mid-west region was further remanded at Kilrush District Court, Co Clare, yesterday on indecent assault charges. He faces with 258 charges, mostly of indecent assault, including two sexual assaults.

The alleged offences occurred between 1957 and 1993 involving some 40 girls aged nine and 13. He was further remanded on bail to the same court on June 23rd.

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