McElwee faces fresh investigation over sex offence

DISGRACED college lecturer Dr Niall McElwee is at the centre of a new Garda investigation, it emerged yesterday.

A senior garda officer has been put in charge of the probe to find out if McElwee breached sections of the Sex Offenders Act 2001 which obliges certain categories of offenders to notify the gardaí and their employers of a conviction.

Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy, speaking after a graduation ceremony in Templemore College, disclosed that an investigation was under way.