Shatter: Up to gardaí to investigate school case

JUSTICE MINISTER Alan Shatter said it is up to gardaí to investigate whether or not the operators of the school where paedophile Michael Ferry worked broke any criminal law.

Mr Shatter called on the management of Coláiste Cholmcille, Gweedore, Co Donegal, to “explain their thought process” in continuing to hire Ferry after he was convicted in 2002 of sexually abusing a child.

He declined to comment on reports gardaí were investigating claims of a paedophile ring in Gweedore, of which Ferry was part.