Teacher convicted of indecent assault on nine boys

A teacher has been found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of indecently assaulting nine boys he taught at a Sligo primary school between 1966 and 1984.

Patrick Curran (aged 59) was a teacher at St John’s National School, Temple Street, Sligo since July 1966 until he was asked to leave when the allegations came to light in 1999.