HSE coverup feared

THE HSE was last night accused of moving to “whitewash” over the findings of a report into how a convicted sex offender was allowed to continue in his lecturing post.

Fine Gael education spokesperson Brian Hayes said only a fresh independent probe would uncover what went wrong in the case of Niall McElwee.

McElwee stayed in his childcare lecturing post at the Athlone Institute of Technology for two years after his conviction for attempted indecent assault of two young women, despite six state agencies knowing of his crime.