McElwee inquiry to examine child abuse images

IMAGES of abused children used as lecture material in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) will be investigated as part of an inquiry into the controversy surrounding the disgraced lecturer, Dr Niall McElwee.

McElwee inquiry to examine child abuse images
Fri, 20 Jul, 2007 - 01:00
Mary Regan

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is to examine complaints made by students to the former South Eastern health board about slides shown by Dr McElwee during social care lectures in WIT in 1998.

The images were deemed inappropriate by some members of staff who made complaints to the college authorities, and led to some students receiving counselling.

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