Garda sergeant pleads guilty to child pornography charge

A garda sergeant has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to soliciting and child pornography charges.

Kieran O'Halloran, of Five Oaks, Drogheda, admitted soliciting a woman to facilitate a young child for the purpose of sexual exploitation on December 6, 2001, and knowingly having possession of child pornography at his home on December 8, 2001.