McElwee worked with abused children

The disgraced lecturer, Dr Niall McElwee, who resigned from his post after being charged with sexual offences against three teenage girls, worked part-time in a home for abused and disadvantaged children in Galway.

It has also emerged that he has been working with Gardaí in recent months to advice parents about the dangers of drug abuse for children.

Dr McElwee resigned from his position as a child-care lecturer in Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) earlier this month after it emerged that he was convicted of attempting lewd acts on three American teenagers at a hotel in Amsterdam in 2004.