Waterford sex abuser sports coach jailed for 14 years

A sports coach has been sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison for abusing 10 teenage boys in the 1980s.

Accountant Bill Kenneally, of Laragh, Summerville, Waterford, pleaded guilty in December 2015 to 10 sample counts from a total of 74 counts of indecent assault on 10 boys, aged 13 to 16, over a four-year period between October 1984 and December 1987.

On the second day of a two-day sentencing hearing at Waterford Circuit Court, the former election tallyman was handed down 17 months in prison on each of the 10 sample counts.