A support group for survivors of sexual abuse has criticised a Court of Appeal decision to reduce the sentence imposed on an 81-year-old former primary school principal, jailed for indecently assaulting 11 of his female pupils.

A former primary school principal, now aged 81, has moved to appeal his prison sentence for indecently assaulting 11 women while they were pupils of his in the school in west Clare.

A retired primary school principal from Co Clare has lost an appeal against his conviction for molesting 11 girls over a 21-year period.

An 80-year-old former principal has appealed his conviction for indecently assaulting 11 women while they were pupils of his in Moyasta National School, west Clare, over three decades.