Founder of Irish college may have been ‘Irish Jimmy Savile’

A TG4 documentary has claimed that the founder of one of this country’s biggest Irish colleges could be an “Irish Jimmy Savile” and may have abused dozens of victims.

Domhnall Ó Lubhlaí, who ran Coláiste na bhFiann, died last month at home in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. In 2000, he faced 56 charges of sex abuse against 11 children.

The family of some of his victims believe he may have abused up to 100 boys in the 1970s, 1980s and up to 1991 when he was an Irish and religion teacher.