Paedophile principal released after just 18 months in jail

Daily Mass-going paedophile school principal Patrick Barry has been released from prison back into the community in west Clare after serving only 18 months in jail.

Described by one of his 11 victims in court as “a vicious wolf lying in wait” to abuse children who came to Moyasta NS, the 82-year-old was initially sentenced at Ennis Circuit Court to 11 years with five of those suspended in November 2014.

However, at the Court of Criminal Appeal last May, this was reduced to a five-year term with the final three years suspended.