Lack of information ‘caused community to out rapist’

A TD fighting for parents to have the right to know if a sex offender is in their area has warned that a “lack of information” from authorities caused a community to “out” a convicted rapist living in their midst.

Independent TD Denis Naughten made the claim after residents in Dublin City’s East Wall area put up posters in recent days warning women that 31-year-old Barry McGee is collecting his dole in the location.

Mr McGee, from Foxfield Grove in Raheny, north Dublin, was convicted in 2002 of raping two Australian women in their home at knife-point.